A lawsuit about government employed doctors not being permitted to speak out.

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CDC Sued to Disclose Restrictions on Scientists' Right to Speak

CDC Sued to Disclose Restrictions on Scientists' Right to Speak

Motivating the Knight Institute's concern in this instance is a record of severe restrictions on the rights of government scientists to speak freely to the press. In 2017, Axios published an email from Jeffrey Lancashire, a public affairs officer, to the National Center for Health Statistics, announcing that for every employee of the CDC "any and all correspondence with any member of the news media, regardless of the nature of the inquiry, must be cleared through CDC's Atlanta Communications Office." This policy may exacerbate fears that the White House has politicized the nation's response to the pandemic and inhibited the voicing of alternate views that could shed light on the extent of the crisis, according to the Knight Institute's complaint.

Motivating the Knight Institute's concern in this instance is a record of severe restrictions on the rights of government scientists to speak freely to the press. In 2017, Axios published an email from Jeffrey Lancashire, a public affairs officer, to the National Center for Health Statistics, announcing that for every employee of the CDC "any and all correspondence with any member of the news media, regardless of the nature of the inquiry, must be cleared through CDC's Atlanta Communications Office." This policy may exacerbate fears that the White House has politicized the nation's response to the pandemic and inhibited the voicing of alternate views that could shed light on the extent of the crisis, according to the Knight Institute's complaint.