Isn't it actually selective transparency that's just passed off as transparency? Just because someone states reasons A, B, and C as the supporting evidence behind a decision doesn't necessarily mean that those three were the only reasons.

Yea, you're definitely right. The direction I was going was more along the lines of "you're fired because x/y/z" instead of "hey everybody, this person was fired because x/y/z, they are now available as a blame dumping ground for all your problems."

Transparent lies are still lies.

See my response to tareqak. I mostly disagree with the way the headline is written as it implies that transparency is bad. Obviously the article dives much further into the issue but since when have people bothered reading such things? :)