On Friday night's ABC27 newscasts,

, local bloggers and especially The Patriot-News for its coverage of her administration.

"They are reckless," she said of the newspaper. "This is intentional, and I accuse the Patriot-News now of being involved with this whole nasty, 'let's get her' spirit."

to obtain public information from Thompson's administration.

, the newspaper also criticized

that forbade city officials from speaking, not only with the media, but with City Council members or City Controller Dan Miller.

"I will not allow my day to be wasted with silly little questions about whether the controller's going to be on a form, or whether I disagree with city council, or whether I spent too much money renovating a disgusting, unprofessional office," Thompson told ABC27 reporter Andy Briggs. "I have got to solve the bigger crisis, and that is what I'm determined to do."

"This is not about wasting Mayor Thompson's time or anyone else's," said Patriot-News executive editor David Newhouse. "It's about the transparency that Mayor Thompson promised in her campaign.

of officials,

,

, sweeping executive orders to the school district,

- all these are public information and that's what we seek to share with our readers. Nothing more, nothing less. "

Newhouse added, "All of our requests have been modest in scope and would be very easily fulfilled if the mayor wished to do so. They should have taken very little time from her staff and none at all from her."

"Thompson said she owes the media nothing," Briggs reported.