Not to treat Mr George's acquittal as a miscarriage of justice "went behind the decision of the jury that acquitted him" and failed to take account of the fact that no safe conviction could ever be based on the evidence against him, the QC said.

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While FOIA was recently amended to take into account the internet and emerging forms of electronic media, there is still no case law on how specifically to treat bloggers , but from what you have presented to us, we agree with your assessment that this organization is not a representative of the news media.

FORBES: IRS Looking at When Bloggers Can Be Considered Part of News Media

But these figures take no account of a forthcoming pay commission, which meets every decade or so to set the salaries of the government's vast retinue of employees (see article).

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