Friday, May 15, 2015

'This Is the Most Closed, Control Freak Administration I've Ever Covered' -- Press Freedoms in the Obama Years

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There's an uneasy alliance of the Obama administration and the media.
This special report originally appeared on the Committee to Protect Journalists website, and is reprinted here with their permission.
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U.S. President Barack Obama came into office pledging open government, but he has fallen short of his promise. Journalists and transparency advocates say the White House curbs routine disclosure of information and deploys its own media to evade scrutiny by the press. Aggressive prosecution of leakers of classified information and broad electronic surveillance programs deter government sources from speaking to journalists.


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