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Watching NYT reporters cheer Trump DOJ for indicting Assange is fascinating for so many reasons. Leaving aside the falsehoods in this tweet, the NYT implemented a system to allow stolen materials to be delivered to it without the thief getting caught. It actively aids stealing:
As I saw during Snowden, many US reporters instinctively side with DOJ & cheer efforts to criminalize transparency. It's so bizarre. But here NYT's @ScottShaneNYT explains to his colleague that the Assange indictment includes much of what NYT reporters do
There is so much driving the hatred many journalists harbor for Assange. But a huge part of it is professional jealousy: WikiLeaks broke more massive stories than most of these reporters will ever get close to in their lives, all without joining their insular journalism club.
Both NYT & WashPost encourage sources to steal classified documents and even employ teams of tech experts to help them do it without getting caught (as they should!). Reporters pretending that mainstream journalism doesn't encourage stealing are lying cjr.org/tow_center/new…
