[lit-ideas] Re: NYT in the news again

It wasn't some low-level staffer, such as Rice, who leaked this. This comes from the very top: Bush, Cheney, Rove, & Libby. The NYT published the news without identifying the source, and especially without explaining what was happening (that this was a pre-emptive leak to draw attention away).

We don't know who leaked it. Are you saying the Times knew, but didn't tell? If they know now, there's nothing to prevent them publishing it, or to prevent the person who knows they know from publishing it. 'I know that Andreas knows who it is, and he deliberately won't tell.' 'So, who is it?' 'I can't tell.' 'Why not?' Does this dialogue come from Drama 100 or Logic 101?

Of course the NYT knows who leaked this. They don't print anonymous tips from the phone. A senior NYT reporter is called by the White House. The info is to be published as "an undisclosed source". The reporter runs it by the editors. They discuss it. They print it.

And a story like this gets the total treatment. The NYT is under immense 
scrutiny this week.

The latest news is that Miller is already discussing her severance package and is talking with other newspapers.

yrs,
andreas
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