For information on FOXNews’ right-to-lie suit, go here. As for Obama’s “open government” initiatives, David Froomkin wrote a critical piece last June that touched on both the refreshing and the limitations aspects. That said, Froomkin’s perspective is still rather “Washington insider” (what with writing for The Post, it’s to be expected) and focused on journalist access. I’d like to know more about FOI requests, particularly related to issues of national security, domestic espionage, all that torture stuff, et cetera. Governments have been historically unforthcoming – even (gasp) mendacious – on those subjects.
If you’re wondering if you missed an update last Wednesday, you didn’t. I did. Have you noticed some flu shit going around? It got my 5 year-old last week. He’s just ducky now, but it took up most of the previous weekend and a few school days. Meanwhile I got sick TWICE, though not with the flu, my wife got knocked with what I had only harder, and my daughter just got through whatever she contacted. What frustrates me to no end is that I am definitely in the Get Vaccinated camp, yet every time I call the doctor’s office, they got nuthin’. Not their fault, there’s a shortage, but it is hard to respond to a flu emergency when you don’t have access to the proper treatments. Argh.
