Local newspaper FOIA requests dropped by about 50 percent by 2010.

Evidence

In 2005, local newspapers generated the highest number of FOIA requests (288) among all media categories at these agencies. … But the number of requests by local newspapers dropped by about 50 percent by 2010. — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 587

Categorization

  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 587
  • XREF: connects to: American newspaper circulation dropped almost seventy percent between 1950 and 2010 — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 125