Government information filters grow

 
By John Estus and Bryan Dean    Comment on this article Leave a comment
Published: March 14, 2010

Much of the government information made public today is first funneled through an ever-growing army of public relations specialists hired to control what information is released from government agencies.

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Reporters, public relations specialists working

in the United States

1999
Reporters: 64,590

Public relations

specialists: 118,280

2008
Reporters: 50,690

Public relations

specialists: 240,610

Source: U.S. Department of Labor

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