The Trump administration released 22 names to advocacy groups, which had sued the Trump administration in court over Freedom of Information Act on knowing who visited the Trump organization-owned Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. The names were people who were a part of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visiting delegation during his visit with Trump. Mainstream […]
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ABC News and CBS News covered the story, where the Obama administration spent $36 million to fight Freedom of Information Action (FOIA) requests in the last year of his administration. CNN and NBC News did not cover it on the home pages of their online websites, which is a shocking omission of news. This piece […]
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Although the cases have been going on for eight years, it marks a small victory for California taxpayers now that government officials cannot hide government information on their private e-mail accounts or phone calls.
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The Washington Post’s latest column on Donald Trump surrounds his penchant for tweeting his thoughts and stirring controversy, which they termed ‘chaos theory’. Notice the opinion sneaking into the column with the conjecture “has seemed to revel”: Since winning the election, Trump has seemed to revel in tossing firecrackers in all directions, often using Twitter to offer […]
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Clinton campaign spokesman Brian Fallon said they will release more medical information about Hillary Clinton after their transparency debacle this weekend, where Hillary Clinton wobbled and stumbled upon leaving a 9-11 ceremony and disappeared from the press without a timely explanation: Fallon assured on Monday that the campaign would soon release additional records and reminded […]
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CNN’s Inside Politics panel called Hillary Clinton a hypocrite for saying that Donald Trump isn’t being completely transparent for refusing to release his tax returns, while she ignored Freedom of Information requests as secretary of state. The panel, on Sunday, said the latest round of allegations against the Clinton Foundation are her own fault because […]
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NBC News’ headline conspicuously read, “Obama administration: As few as 64 civilians killed by drones.” The facts of the matter are that this figure only covers Africa, Pakistan and Yemen while excluding Iraq and Afghanistan, and it covers the time period from 2009-2013. Not entirely an accurate headline, NBC News. Photo by Sergey Melkonov
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So much for transparency. The Director of National Intelligence (known as DNI) reported that between 64-116 civilians have been killed by drone strikes from 2009-2013 in Yemen, Pakistan and Africa. But, they did not reveal figures from Iraq or Afghanistan, as CBS News noted. Photo by Sergey Melkonov
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Avoiding public scrutiny, no less: A collection of records made public Wednesday indicates State Department officials attempted to give Hillary Clinton a government email account to use while she was secretary of state, contradicting previous claims from agency officials that no such account was ever set up. But the email account, SSHRC@state.gov, went unused after […]
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Well, Trump may have a point there after the emails scandal (and the plethora of Clinton scandals that the public has forgotten about) has emerged and has hamstrung Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
Continue Reading9/18/2017 - All of a Sudden, Mainstream Media Wants Trump White House Visitor Logs
3/15/2017 - Obama Administration Spent $36 Million to Stop Records from Being Released
12/26/2016 - Washington Post’s ‘Chaos Theory’ of Donald Trump’s Tweets vs. Obama’s Secrecy
9/13/2016 - Clinton to Release More Medical Information while Trump Promises Results from Physical
8/15/2016 - CNN Panel Calls Clinton Hypocritical for Transparency Attacks Against Trump [Video]
7/2/2016 - Covering for Obama? NBC News Headline Minimizes Civilians Killed by Drone Strikes
7/2/2016 - Obama Administration Admits They’ve Killed at least 64 Civilians in Drone Strikes
6/23/2016 - So Hillary Clinton Told Aide to Not Set Up an Official State Dept Email Account
6/3/2016 - Trump says “Crooked Hillary [Clinton]” has Lost Credibility
6/2/2016 - Poll: Half of Americans think Hillary Clinton’s Emails were Illegal
5/26/2016 - The Bias Buzz Podcast: Now It’s Trump vs. Hillary, but What’s Next?
5/20/2016 - FTC Rejects Congressional Inquiry into Clinton Foundation Transparency (or Lack of It)
5/16/2016 - Cleveland Hasn’t Approved Demonstration Permits for GOP Convention
5/13/2016 - Mike Huckabee Defends Mitt Romney over ‘Bombshell’ Tax Returns Comment
5/12/2016 - State Department Promises to Look Into “Glitch” of Erased Part of Video
5/12/2016 - Mitt Romney Blasts Donald Trump’s Refusal to Release Tax Returns, Predicts “Bombshell” in Them
4/10/2016 - Obama’s DOJ Fails to Meet Deadline to Turn Over All Documents from Fast and Furious
4/4/2016 - Hillary Clinton Defends Lack of Transparency, Dismisses Email Problems, on Meet the Press [Video]
3/29/2016 - MSNBC’s Morning Joe Panel Criticizes Obama for Blaming 2016 Election Tone on the Media [Video]
3/20/2016 - Obama Denied a Record 77% of FOIA Requests
3/18/2016 - Pot Calling Kettle Black? Obama White House says GW Bush Admin was Not Transparent
2/29/2016 - Marco Rubio Released 5 Years’ Worth of Tax Returns
2/5/2016 - WATCH: Hillary Clinton Won’t Say if She’ll Release Transcripts of Goldman Sachs Speech
2/4/2016 - GOP Senator Blasts Obama for Quietly Signing TPP Trade Deal
1/8/2016 - 498 FOIA Lawsuits Filed in 2015, Highest Since 2001
12/3/2015 - Inspector General Offices Stonewalled by Obama Administration Officials
10/14/2015 - Hillary Clinton Claims She’s Been Transparent
10/5/2015 - WATCH: Hillary Clinton Claims She’s the Most Transparent Official in American History
9/22/2015 - National Journal’s Ron Fournier: Clinton Campaign Says, “Trust Doesn’t Matter” [Video]
9/11/2015 - Dept of Energy allows Employees to Use Personal Emails for Work
9/9/2015 - John Kerry Appoints Major Clinton Donor as a Transparency Coordinator at State Dept
7/31/2015 - Judge Upset at State Dept’s Delays in Answering Freedom of Information Act Requests
6/26/2015 - WATCH: NBC Reviews how Hillary Clinton isn’t Transparent
6/16/2015 - Hillary Clinton Campaign Denies Reporter Access to Event and Couldn’t Use the Bathroom
6/16/2015 - WATCH: Hillary Clinton Evades Fox News Reporter, Again
6/8/2015 - VIDEO: Former Clinton Labor Secretary says Hillary’s Lack of Disclosure is a Vulnerability
5/27/2015 - State Dept Stonewalling FOIA Requests on IG E-mails
3/18/2015 - Federal Government Loves Avoiding FOIA Requests
10/29/2014 - USA Today’s Susan Page: Obama “More Dangerous to the Press” than “Any Administration in American History” [Video]
7/9/2014 - Media Organizations Accuse Obama of “Stifling Free Expression”
5/2/2014 - Nancy Pelosi on Benghazi Emails: Nothing New—Just “Diversion” and “Subterfuge” [Video]
12/2/2013 - Robert Gibbs: Pressure on Obama Administration to Be More Forthcoming on Obamacare Problems [Video]
11/26/2013 - Newsroom Rebellion: USA Today to Boycott White House Photos
7/26/2013 - Obama Administration Kills “Change”
6/24/2013 - Artful Dodger? Jay Carney Has Avoided Answering Nearly 10,000 Questions Since 2011
6/7/2013 - Second Thoughts: New York Times Editorial Changed to Soften Criticism of Obama
10/11/2012 - Mika Brzezinski Calls for Reporters to Be More Transparent [Video]
11/1/2011 - New Website Attempts to Bring Transparency to Journalism
10/26/2011 - Local Press Banned from Obama San Fran Fundraiser
