http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/24410/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/17-news-companies-support-foia-lawsuit-against-michael-mann <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> AP, Reuters, Washington Post and others become unlikely allies in lawsuit over access to climate scientist’s emails. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/julia-seymour">Julia A. Seymour</a> </div> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr">A group seeking access to climate scientist Michael Mann’s emails through Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act (VFOIA) has a surprising new group of news media allies.</p><p dir="ltr">From wire agencies to liberal Atlantic Media, Inc., 17 news groups have supported the release of documents, according to <a href="http://www.cjr.org/the_observatory/michael_mann_versus_the_press.php">Columbia Journalism Review</a>.</p><div class='signature'><p>— Julia A. Seymour is Assistant Managing Editor for MRC Business at the Media Research Center. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/BizMediaJulia" target="_blank">Follow Julia A. Seymour on Twitter.</a></p></div><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/17-news-companies-support-foia-lawsuit-against-michael-mann" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Climate Change Government Media AP CJR Columbia Journalism Review FOIA freedom of the press Gannett Ken Cuccinelli law Lawsuit legal Michael Mann michael mann's emails news companies news outlets Politico press freedom Reuters University of Virginia VFOIA Washington Post Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:00:55 +0000 julia.seymour 45842 at http://archive2.mrc.org