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By Tom Blumer | November 04, 2011 | 21:10

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It would be funny if it weren't so transparently sad. We've seen "name that party" games for a long time in the press. Today, the Associated Press played "name that company."

In an unbylined report Friday evening which oddly has Dina Cappiello's Twitter address at the bottom , the identity of failed solar manufacturer Solyndra isn't revealed until the third paragraph. The item's headline refers vaguely to "a failed solar firm," while the opening paragraph describes "a failed solar panel manufacturer." Really:


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Well, look at the bright side. The AP clearly believes in transparency, as it's transparently obvious that Ms. Cappiello or whoever really wrote the item avoided naming bankrupt firm Solyndra as long as possible in the hope that subscribing news outlets and broadcasters will lose interest during the first two paragraphs and not use the item at all, or just use the headline and first two paragraphs.

If Ms. Cappiello actually wrote the item, it's understandable why she wouldn't want her byline at the top. What an embarrassment -- almost but not quite as embarrassing as the White House's justification for refusing to comply (as paraphrased by AP, "curiosity alone is not a justification to encroach on the Executive Branch's longstanding confidentiality interests.")

Does anyone remember a similar reluctance to name Enron in 2001 or later? Didn't think so.

Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com.

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Submitted by BuriedUser on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 9:34am.

Someone needs to make a video with Obama telling us how transparent his administration will be and then listing all the issues they have obfuscated; that this video would be two days long may be a problem in these sound bite times.

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Submitted by ohio granny on Sun, 11/06/2011 - 10:16am.

Obama administration does not need to be transparent. Don't you idiots know that is only for republicans? Democrats are as pure as the driven snow. Obama is the smartest? person ever to be president and he only has the best interest of the country at heart.

Why oh why do those nasty, mean old republicans constantly harrass him? Expecting him to follow the law and release documents that may embarress his administration? Surely he does not need to do that!!

What a crock. The Obama administration is the most corrupt EVER in the history of the USA. The sooner he is out of office the better. Maybe then we can begin to undo some of the damage done by this incompetent? liar and thug.

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