The Washington Post’s FOIA double standard

Published May 31, 2011 4:00am ET



The Washington Post used the holiday weekend to weigh-in on the case of fmr. Prof. Michael Mann’s emails, you know, the ones a Prince William County judge ordered the University of Virginia to produce after a FOIA request from state Del. Bob Marshall (R-Prince William) and the American Tradition Institute.

The WaPo’s editorial contains little that is new for anyone who has been following this case over the last few months, but for those who have, the omissions in the piece are stunning.  The anonymous editors thunder that ATI “…boasts about its challenges to environmental regulations across the country,” and proceeds to impugn the character of Chris Horner, the lawyer who has lead the charge to get UVA to obey the law.

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