Missouri attorney general seeks journalism school records

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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has filed an open records request seeking correspondence between two journalism professors connected to the University of Missouri and the executive director of a fact-checking group.

In a move that appears to be unprecedented in Missouri, Schmitt, a Republican running for U.S. Senate, filed a request in June asking for three years of emails sent and received by the professors while they worked at the Columbia Missourian.

Most correspondence generated at private media firms is not subject to the state's open records law, but the Missourian could be because it is attached to the University of Missouri, which is a public entity.

The Missourian is not overseen by university officials, but most of its staff are students who are working for credits toward a journalism degree. The professional editors work as university faculty members.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/missouri-attorney-general-seeks-journalism-210949033.html

Another GOP Fascist.

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1. What in the world is Schmitt looking for?

Why would he care about the emails of a couple of journalism professors, and how are they any business of his? Is this just bullying for its own sake or...? The article didn't clarify his reasons, or if there are any to be had.

Um, feeling stupid here. What did I miss?

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2. It's bullying and playing to his base.

He loves lawsuits and he loves pretending he's found something to investigate. As an AG he's absolutely worthless.

He doesn't care about the actual investigation. His only focus now is on his Senate race.

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3. Ah. Unsurprising, sadly. Thank you. nt

[DFW]

4. What is he looking for?

Headlines, maybe.

Does he think he will uncover a plot to thwart his run for Senate that was carried out years before he had ever decided to run for the Senate?

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5. Most likely column A: headlines.

Though given Republican paranoia and love of combining victimhood with baseless witch hunts, I guess column B is not entirely out of the question.