Transparency News, 11/8/2022

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November 8, 2022

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stories of national interest

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press will get a $145,000 settlement following a pair of lawsuits filed after an FBI agent posed as a reporter for The Associated Press and created a fake story. The long-running Freedom of Information Act cases led to appeals court decisions that will help bolster access to public records, said Adam Marshall, an attorney for the group. The cases also shed light on FBI agents posing as members of the media, a tactic that free press advocates say undermines media credibility and blurs lines between law enforcement and the press. The agency failed to follow its own rules over such undercover operations when an agent posed as an AP reporter and sent a link to a fake story in an investigation in Washington state in 2007, according to documents uncovered in the lawsuit filed along with The Associated Press.
ABC News

Should police commissioners be able to view civilian complaints against police officers before they have been resolved? And what about complaints that, even when substantiated, do not result in discipline? Should police commissioners be able to view civilian complaints against police officers before they have been resolved? And what about complaints that, even when substantiated, do not result in discipline? The police union’s collective bargaining agreement prevents commissioners from reviewing complaints unless they resulted in discipline, according to New Haven (Connecticut) Mayor Lauren Garrett. She simultaneously acknowledged that under the Freedom of Information Act, members of the public have a right to see those same documents.
New Haven Register

 

editorials & columns

The Southwest Times has not and will not support any political candidate monetarily or on its news pages. The listing of a contribution by Southwest Times of $406.33 on the Hash Campaign finance report is a grievous error on the part of the Hash team. Upon being made aware of this report, Southwest Times staff immediately contacted Mrs. Hash, who had already updated the campaign finance report with the correction of removing the Southwest times as a contributor. It was simply an error. The $175 paid to the Southwest Times from Hash for political advertising was the only monies exchanged between the Southwest Times and Hash.
The Southwest Times