In another case of “do as I say , not as I do” the Washington Post complains that people other than the Washington Post and their ilk are using the Freedom of Information act to gather information. It’s a great example of the LSM’s desire to be the gatekeeper of information; the editor-in-chief of what we – the hoi polloi - are allowed to see and hear. That horse has left the barn, but the Washington Post and the rest of the lame stream media still believe that it’s their right and no one else’s to get and publish secrets.
This editorial is indicative of how the academic, science, and media establishments get the vapors at the prospect of having to uniformly apply a law – note that Greenpeace has used FOIA to get the records of UVA “skeptic” Pat Michaels. That apparently didn’t warrant a WaPo staff op-ed.
A century ago a writer remarked that "the rich are different." So are the members of the press.
WaPo reminds us that some of our establishment elites only argue the law when the law may support their aims. When it doesn’t, they advance silly – yet not so funny — arguments about how awful it is when the wrong citizens “misuse” it. Always remember that academics, jurisdiction-fleeing Hollywood directors, and leftist journalists are different than you and I.
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