Forcing the administration to publish information is crucial, - TopicsExpress



          

Forcing the administration to publish information is crucial, because in the court of poorly informed public opinion, the administration has gotten away with two key claims that the record of independent reporting strongly indicates are not true: 1) U.S. drone strikes are narrowly targeted on top-level terrorist leaders, and 2) civilian casualties have been extremely rare. Poll data shows that majority public support of the drone strike policy is significantly based on belief in these two false claims; if the public knew that either of these claims were not true, public support for the policy would fall below 50%. By keeping key information secret, the administration has been able to avoid having its two key claims in defense of the policy refuted in media that reach the broad public.
Posted on: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 23:59:01 +0000

Trending Topics



Recently Viewed Topics




© 2015