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Why Fighting for Hard-Hitting, Nonprofit News May Mean Taking on the IRS
When we think about journalism coming under attack by the government we rarely think about the Internal Revenue Service. We think about the persecution of whistleblowers, over classification of documents, increasing secrecy and surveillance, and an utter disregard for Freedom of Information requests. We think about threats, harassment and detainment …
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How Aaron Swartz Fought For Government Transparency
"Transparency can be a powerful thing, but not in isolation. So, let’s stop passing the buck by saying our job is just to get the data out there and it’s other people’s job to figure out how to use it. Let’s decide that our job is to fight for good …