Kathryn Foxhall

Veteran reporter on federal health issues. Saw "censorship through media policy" begin to take over. Stunned news outlets can't report this murderous thing.

[Kathryn Foxhall @KathF]

@nytimes Most federal agencies keep reporters out; ban staff from talking to journalists. Why are we talking only about the Pentagon? HHS has been thus constrained for years. Millions of lives at risk. How can this be ethical? @spj_tweets @sejorg @healthreporters @PublicHealth

[Kathryn Foxhall @KathF]

@whca @rcfp @AP What about access for all reporters to most of the rest of the federal government? Why are we not talking about that? https://t.co/Lv5twz0yby @spj_tweets @ap @nytimes @jayrosen_nyu @washingtonpost

[Kathryn Foxhall @KathF]

Re: firing BLS official for "wrong" numbers: We don't say agency staff are banned from speaking to the press all the time.@LaurenKGurley @amacker. Can you explain? The gag rules are used for political manipulation.https://t.co/NNfOzKcnTz

[Kathryn Foxhall @KathF]

@PerkinsCoieLLP Thanks to @nytimes coverage this morning of 500+ firms standing with you I feel slightly safer. Thank you.

[Kathryn Foxhall @KathF]

PR Office Censorship: The Long, Solid Precedent for Muting Officials: Please Say It @nytjournalists

[Kathryn Foxhall @KathF]

Time to challenge gag rules: Journalists fight back against restrictions on public employees’ speech | Front Page: Editor and Publisher: Gag rules are everywhere. Journalists need to fight. @spj @PublicHealth @JohnsHopkinsSPH

[Kathryn Foxhall @KathF]

I told HHS Asst Sec. of Public Affairs under Obama to kill the bans on staff talking to reporters without oversight.
I said we will have a variety pres. administrations in the future. @AshishKJha46 @PublicHealth @spj_tweets @brianstetler @froomkin https://t.co/NNfOzKbQ41

[Kathryn Foxhall @KathF]

The media have to face how far under the censorship by the powerful they are: Please read: https://t.co/Bql2r7uumr @pulitzerprizes
@penamerica
@pressfreedom
@froomkin
@unesco
@JamesRisen1
@theFireorg
@NormOrnstein
@AEJMCHistory
@SPLC

[Victor Pickard @VWPickard]

The election debacle cannot be entirely blamed on the failures of our media system, but such long-standing systemic pathologies certainly played a key role. Likewise, rebuilding a vibrant information infrastructure must be a central piece of a broader re-democratization project.

[Kathryn Foxhall @KathF]

https://t.co/BuGricC43f

[ProPublica @propublica]

New: During Donald Trump's second presidency, ProPublica will continue our focus on the areas most in need of scrutiny. Here are some of the issues our reporters will be watching -- and how to get in touch with them. https://t.co/f8wE4I8Kgt

[Kathryn Foxhall @KathF]

@RickABright On your important NYT piece. Over 3-4 decades federal agencies instituted rules banning staff from speaking to the press without oversight by PIOs, the authorities. It's an astounding mistake. Please read. https://t.co/NNfOzKbQ41 and https://t.co/BuGricBwdH

[Kathryn Foxhall @KathF]

Did journalism take a massive turn when agencies, etc., began banning subordinates from speaking to reporters without controls on them? I have posted a decade or so worth of resources: https://t.co/TdK8Gq4tXi
@AJHAsocial @MacAejmc
@AEJMC_MCS
@JHistoryJournal
@pressfreedom

[Kathryn Foxhall @KathF]

Just posted a new resource list on gag rules and "Censorship by PIO" going back a decade. The legal case. The many articles. @pulitzerprizes
@penamerica
@pressfreedom
@froomkin
@unesco
@JamesRisen1
@theFireorg
@NormOrnstein
@AEJMCHistory
@SPLC

https://t.co/TdK8Gq51MQ

[Kathryn Foxhall @KathF]

PR Office Censorship: Resources on The Growing Gag Rules and "Censorship by PIO" Over A Decade

[Kathryn Foxhall @KathF]

https://t.co/BuGricC43f

Talk about gag rules in the U.S., elsewhere.

[Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom]

CPJ is calling for stronger action to safeguard media freedom, freedom of expression, and access to information at the @UN #SummitOfTheFuture alongside 123 other signatories, welcoming the final revision of the #PactForTheFuture. Read more: https://t.co/Napn7WBwDo

[Kathryn Foxhall @KathF]

Journalists and others have been documenting the unconstitutional gag rules and "Censorship by PIO" for over a decade. Why are big press outlets not opposing the restrictions? Here's a listing of articles, surveys, etc., for researchers and others. https://t.co/BuGricC43f

[Kathryn Foxhall @KathF]

NYT got scoop about conflict of interest in FDA's medical devices division, but the whole press did not know for 15 years. Time to stop the gag rules banning people from talking to the media: https://t.co/woy27dLcIu

[Kathryn Foxhall @KathF]

Where was he when bitten? Was he in the Washington, D.C., area?

[Liz Szabo @LizSzabo]

What is West Nile, the virus that sent Dr. Anthony Fauci to the hospital? https://t.co/4WGAACkANL via @nbcnews

[Kathryn Foxhall @KathF]

@SchmittMikaela Would like to talk about the Brittany Hailer case and the fact that there are likely many more gag rules in jails. https://t.co/618qTW6RBL

[Kathryn Foxhall @KathF]

@DylanBaddour Understand: Information control by people in power, including these media policies, is one of the most debilitating, deadliest things in the world. Journalists can either openly fight it or be part of it. SPJ is fighting.https://t.co/BYfDRmhq6m

[Kathryn Foxhall @KathF]

I work against these gag rules for SPJ. Please get in touch with me if you wish.

[Dylan Baddour @DylanBaddour]

Inbox: "You have been contacting agency employees other than the media relations team."