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Key Excerpts from Article on Website of San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco's leading newspaper)
Posted: May 4th, 2015
http://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/diaz/article/Obama-failin...
As a candidate in 2008, Barack Obama pledged to run the most transparent administration in U.S. history with an unprecedented level of openness. Seven years into his presidency, Obamas promise rings hollower than ever. A year ago, 38 journalism groups assailed the presidents team for politically driven suppression of the news. Complaints included the inaccessibility of key staffers, delays in interview requests and most insidiously the blackballing of reporters who wrote critically of the administration. Photojournalists also objected to the White Houses insistence on issuing official images of the president instead of allowing them access. Even before that, The Chronicle had issues with the White House. Our Carla Marinucci was even barred for a time from serving as a pool reporter for presidential visits after she shot video of a spontaneous protest at an April 2011 Obama fundraiser in San Francisco. Most transparent administration in history? Obama has ... prosecuted more leakers under the century-old Espionage Act than all of his predecessors combined. He has continued to defy one of his campaign lines by invoking the state secrets privilege to keep classified information out of court proceedings or to force the dismissal of lawsuits. This administration ... is falling well short of Obamas promise to be the most transparent president in U.S. history.
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