So you can't answer direct questions with direct answers. Good to know.
Stop trying to tap dance around. Here’s the direct answer to your question. The same answer I gave in the previous post: “The news doesn’t need to tell us ANYTHING. It’s a private industry, and they get to tell us as little or as much of the story as they want.”
The question I answered:”Rob, does the news need to tell you a persons ****** identity if they are accused of a crime?”
Right, they don't NEED to tell us anything. A point I made already.
If they didn’t tell us anything, then they wouldn’t be “news” outlets.
I never said public information should be locked down. That's you and your brain saying that shit.
You said the information should have to be obtained and not openly disseminated. You suggested a FOIA request be required, and a need demonstrated.
That means by default the info is “locked down”.
Now, public information is what? I will tell you...
The term 'public information' means any information, regardless of form or format, that an agency discloses, disseminates, or makes available to the public.
This means if the news doesn't give us the information... it's not public information. HOWEVER, the arresting entity has the information. It's not on lockdown, it's just there. We are allowed to ask for it and they are required to give it to us. They are not required to just disclose it to please you in some way. So I ask you, why are you so against asking for the information? Why do you feel so entitled that you think the news should just give you all the information from the word go?
“Makes available to the public”. That means open disclosure, NOT disclosure by special request.
A jail roster on a county website is public. Information about an SEC investigation is not public, but can be obtained with a FOIA.
A city budget is public, but a UFO sighting investigation might not be public, yet obtained with a FOIA.
IF a FOIA is needed, the info is NOT public.
Tell me how knowing any information helps you. What does it help you do? Why do you need the information?
This has no relevance to whether it should be locked down by the government, any more than you should have to prove a NEED to have subwoofers in your car, or a NEED to be an armed citizen, a NEED to practice whatever religion you choose, a NEED to have Gilet Mignon instead of top round.
Public information should be just what the words say: PUBLIC INFORMATION
Why is that such a foreign concept to you?