Exegesis: The New Republic on the Times McCain Story |
| Published: February 21, 2008, 3:01 pm |
| Tags: media, bill keller, new york times |
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The New Republic exegesis on the internal divisions at the Times is up. The story is a walking chronology of what happened. Here's what we learned: The story began with a tip that Jim Rutenberg received in November, 2007. Washington chief Dean Baquet assigned Stephen Labaton and Marilyn Thompson to the assignment; David Kirkpatrick later joined in. John McCain made his phone call to Bill Keller in "early December." Two staffers told Gabe Sherman that the Drudge Report stalled the story. "The fact that it ended up on Drudge pushed it into secrecy," said one. "The paper gets constipated on these things," said another. In late December, Bill Keller told the story's editor, Rebecca Corbett, that they were holding the piece. Mr. Keller asked for additional reporting and a story that was aimed "less at personal matters and more at questions of Iseman's lobbying and McCain's legislative record." Dean Baquet remained an advocate for his [ Full article ] |
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