We have known for some time that the bans at many agencies or groups on staff talking to the press without notifying the authorities are just about a cultural norm.
They seem to be everywhere. Surveys sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists have shown them to be pervasive in arenas including education, science, various levels of government and law enforcement.
In one of the strongest endorsements of censorship in the 21st Century, many news outlets have these restrictions on their staff.
But a chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union? Reporter Haisten Willis ran into that very thing in Georgia last year and now reports on it.
In a new twist on the restrictions, staff are apparently prohibited from giving journalist their business cards.
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