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CIA Argues The Public Can’t See Classified Information it Has Already Given to Favored Reporters…

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Intelligence officials can selectively release classified information to trusted journalists while withholding the same information from other citizens who request it through open records laws, CIA lawyers argued Wednesday. In a motion filed in New York federal court, the CIA claimed that limited disclosures to reporters do not waive national security exemptions to Freedom of […]

New York Times Staff Set to Walk Out Over Proposed Layoffs…

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New York Times staffers have planned a protest at the paper’s newsroom for Thursday afternoon in response to potential layoffs of copy editors. The NewsGuild of New York union announced that a coalition of “editors, reporters, and staff” will stage a walkout from the newsroom Thursday, the Hill reports. The union on Wednesday addressed open […]

The Media Bubble Is Worse Than You Think…

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How did big media miss the Donald Trump swell? News organizations old and new, large and small, print and online, broadcast and cable assigned phalanxes of reporters armed with the most sophisticated polling data and analysis to cover the presidential campaign. The overwhelming assumption was that the race was Hillary Clinton’s for the taking, and […]

Across the Pond, Met Police Accused of Using Hackers to Access Protester’s Emails…

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The police watchdog is investigating allegations that a secretive Scotland Yard unit used hackers to illegally access the private emails of hundreds of political campaigners and journalists. The allegations were made by an anonymous individual who says the unit worked with Indian police, who in turn used hackers to illegally obtain the passwords of the […]

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