Hmmm … how would you respond if you were told to keep your mouth shut?

Well, that’s what Trump Senior Strategist Stephen Bannon said recently. “The media should be embarrassed and humiliated and keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while,” Mr. Bannon said on Wednesday during an interview. Respectfully, our first response is “No”. Our second response would be to ask why we should keep our mouths shut. 

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We think you know the answer to the latter. It’s because as investigative journalists, we know there is work to do to keep government and corporations accountable to the people. We know that if we don’t do our jobs, then you don’t have the information you need to make informed decisions about your health care needs, about who you want making decisions concerning your children’s education, about the environment and health hazards posed by increased toxic emissions, about the security of our networks, and about who’s contributing to what campaign and who is now being offered plumb positions in the new administration. We can’t give you that information if our mouths are taped shut or our access to critical information is denied.
 
No, we’re not going to keep our mouths shut and we’re not going away. We’re going deeper into the nooks and crannies of government to uncover the truth. And we’re doing more to get you the information you need and deserve.

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