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'Wired' Drops Paywalls for Articles Based on Public Records Requests, Urges Other Sites to Follow
Wired's web site "is going to stop paywalling articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act," their global editorial director announced this week: They're called public records for a reason, after all. And access to public documents is more impo...
Reporters face stonewalling, baseless denials, lengthy appeals processes, and countless other obstacles and delays. We hope others will follow Wired's lead (and shoutout to outlets like 404 Media that also make their FOIA-based reporting available for free). And the public needs to return the favor and support quality journalism, so that hopefully one day we can do away with those annoying paywalls altogether.
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