Something new for me, work related. It seems that in many of the journals, the published scientific articles must be exclusive (that is, the contents must be new and original, just for this journal only) and that this also holds for several newspapers and popular media.
This means that information must be kept secret until it appears in an article or a newsflash, even if there's nothing confidential about the projects. This inhibits the flow of information, especially if it takes a year or more to get all those articles written and published. At current times, it is important for people to get information fast and uncensored. Thus, eventually a crack of distrust appears between the people and institutions. You know .. what's actually going on in there? Are they really using our "donations" or taxes for a good cause? Haven't heard anything from them for years.. etc..
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