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One of those things we hate to see: a TV station that apparently doesn't "get it" when it comes to how the news media works. The Associated Press reports that:
A South Texas public television station has refused to turn over financial documents to the Valley Morning Star unless a reporter reveals confidential sources, the newspaper reported Saturday.
A Texas appeals court has overturned a Galveston judge's order preventing jurors who served on the only civil trial to emerge from the March 2005 explosion at BP's Texas City refinery from discussing the case publicly until all the litigation is resolved.
Freedom of Information | Quicklink | October 30, 2007
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October 30, 2007
Former Reporters Committee fellow Jennifer LaFleur writes in today's Dallas Morning News:
Texas District Judge Gena Slaughter has ruled that the city of Dallas must release e-mails requested more than 22 months ago by the Morning News, including messages from city officials' personal accounts or hand-held devices used to conduct city business.
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