Media Thread 2020/21

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Corky said:
Most FOI requesters don't know what they are asking for, don't clearly define it, send the same question to 300 plus authorities whether it is applicable or not, and expect each to spend up to 18 hours pulling together the information.

Therefore one email could in theory waste 4,000 hours of public funds, and a lot of nutters use it to waste time, feed their own ego, or on fishing expeditions for stories that don't exist.

An organisation could spend 100% of its time dealing with FOI requests if there wasn't a lot of silly ones knocked back. It is open to abuse, and 16 years later I am surprised it hasn't been greatly amended.
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agreed but in the instance I used there was a clear cover up from the police & a clear reason for asking. In fact he actually had more success when he disguised what he was asking for & didn’t mention he was a journalist.

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Maybe ask for Dan Roans expenses?

gordondaviesmoustache said:
I've never had an FOI knocked back and I’m a complete nutter!
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Never in doubt ;)
 
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There will be the minimum amount of fact in that story to get it through legal, the rest will be what the sun readers want.....fantasy.
 
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