Tag Archives: FOIA

Rachel Maddow In The Wayback Machine

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Not long after the hardworking staff posted Rachel Maddow Gets The Gift That Keeps On Giving (which detailed a conservative Michigan outfit’s Freedom of Information Act request for Internet searches of Maddow’s reporting by state university professors, don’t ask), we … Continue reading →

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Rachel Maddow Gets The Gift That Keeps On Giving

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow was fairly bustin’ her buttons Tuesday night when she introduced a segment tagged “Search Me,” which detailed Freedom Of Information Act requests that targeted labor studies professors at state universities in Michigan. The FOIA rumpus came … Continue reading →

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FOIAed Again

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Old friend Dan Kennedy posted this several days ago on his essential Media Nation blog: In Wisconsin, a FOIA request too far As a journalist, my inclination is to support public-records laws that guarantee maximum disclosure. As an ordinary citizen, … Continue reading →

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Who Is Gwilym McGrew? II

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Several months ago the hardworking staff posted this under the headline “Who Is Gwilym McGrew?”: Sunday’s Boston Globe op-ed page featured an advertorial about a virtually impenetrable National Marine Fisheries Service dustup in Gloucester. The ad – which reprinted a March … Continue reading →

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