TY - BOOK AU - Shannon Martin E. PY - 2021 CY - New York, United States of America PB - Peter Lang Verlag TI - Freedom of Information T2 - The News the Media Use UR - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1105694 N2 - The Freedom of Information Act was signed into law during the last half of the twentieth century to ensure public access to government documents. In this book, Shannon E. Martin details the history that led to the law’s enactment and the resulting discoveries in government repositories over the past fifty years. In light of the ongoing national security war on terror, this is a timely and historical overview of the accessibility of government-held information. KW - USA, Reporter, Informationsfreiheit, Governmment document, News media LA - English ER -