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public sector, because the serious point is that they increasingly start from the point of view of how do i get the least possible information into the hands of the public, and that is not theirjob. we are in a democracy after all. yourjob is to provide the most possible information, they are paid for the public, by you and me, because journalists are people too, to do exactly that, to foster open and demographic local government and services. i think we need a pretty fundamental reset to get back to that. what sort of techniques do they use to try to close down information? the first thing is, they will not answer the phone or answer an e—mail. because why would they? because they are leveraging their power as a monopoly. they have a monopoly on being your local council. if they don't answer your e—mail or the phone, you often can't run that story because you need a response from them. you can't go to another council to answer that question. so they can kill the storyjust by not picking up the phone or answering an e—mail.