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Abbott, Stan – 1983
In requesting after action reports--Pentagon-prepared summaries of interviews between reporters and Pentagon officials--investigative reporter Jack Taylor both aroused Pentagon opposition and created a rift between the Pentagon press corps and outside reporters. To investigate whether the full-time Pentagon press corps was reporting as…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Disclosure, Interviews, Journalism
Peer reviewedPicard, Robert G. – Journalism Quarterly, 1987
Reviews the record of the 98th Congress (1983-1984) relating to freedom of information concerns by focusing on legislation proposed during its two sessions. Indicates that, although some significant exemptions from the Freedom of Information Act were considered, generally the proposed legislation supported openness and availability of information.…
Descriptors: Confidential Records, Freedom of Information, Government Role, Legislation
