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County Council erupts over inspector general’s access to county records, WBFF Fox 45

Really? “Erupts?” I didn’t know our local government was prone to eruption.

Actual eruption courtesy of ABC News

Did people shout and scream? Throw chairs? Stand on the dais? Did angry crowds of observers wave pitchforks and rush at the council?

Against my better judgement I invested 3:49 seconds on this Fox News piece and there is NO ERUPTION. I’m not sure it even goes as far as “sparks flew.”

Members of the council disagreed. I guess that qualifies as an “alert the media” moment for the folks at Fox, especially if there’s even a remote possibility of making Black people in leadership look bad.

Having watched the piece I feel qualified to ask a question.

The Inspector General says that she doesn’t have access to information she needs as the law stands now. Council member Opel Jones says she does habe that access without changing the law.

Where’s the evidence to back any of this up? For example, something like this*:

On seven out twenty inquiries the IG was unable to obtain needed information.

Or:

Out of X number of county departments, three consistently declined to release requested information citing _________ as a legal impediment.

Without information like this the public is left without the necessary context to make an informed judgement.

It’s just the same old, same old for Fox News.

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*I made up these examples. Under no circumstances is the reader to suggest these two sentences constitute actual facts.

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