A Distinction Without A Difference

By Kleinheider Posted on July 15, 2008 at 10:38 am

Rob Huddleston on the reporting of a public record:

A.C. at Post Politics won’t reveal his source. As a former MSM journalist, I can respect that normally. Here though, it seems silly. A.C. is protecting a source who gave him information about a public document that anyone can access. Sorry, but is that really a source of great information? Perhaps someone will reveal to me that it’s only 48 days until it’s Football Time in Tennessee - should I anonymously let y’all in on that piece of public knowledge? If there is a reason that A.C. is protecting his source for their actions this time around, then it’s journalistic integrity. If A.C. is keeping their name out of the press for some future information that might not be a public record, that’s opportunism. There is a genuine distinction.

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TNDP Made Public Records Request Of Smith Letter

By Kleinheider Posted on July 14, 2008 at 3:05 pm

From the word processor of Tom Humphrey:

NASHVILLE - The state Democratic Party has acknowledged obtaining an email that state Republican Chairman Robin Smith sent to Gov. Phil Bredesen through an open records request last month, then making copies available to others.

But Democratic Chairman Gray Sasser says the move was a matter of curiosity, not an attempt to smear or embarrass his Republican counterpart, as Smith has said.

In response to an inquiry from the News-Sentinel, Bredesen spokeswoman Lydia Lenker said that a review of records today shows that the Wade Munday, the state Democratic communications director, requested copies of any email to the governor from Smith on June 13. The administration provided the document on June 18, she said.

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