Thanks for pointing out this issue. It does infect scoop reporting, and not just in political coverage. I will go out on a limb and say scoops don't even matter to most readers/audiences. We editors should routinely ask who will most benefit from the story--audience or source?
That said, Dick, with the caveats above, what's your take on major media not publishing any of this, versus 2016?
If nothing else, couldn't we at least find out if Stone has a better risotto recipe than Podesta? ;)
More seriously, all the items about the Vance vetting? IMO, it's ridiculous (and kowtowing, too) that these aren't being published. Exactly what DID pop up beyond what's been publicly released?
Very hard to know if truly newsworthy stuff is being withheld without seeing it. Given the timing of the Vance dossier (apparently February), it might just consist of public records stuff/clips.
I would guess, as I said, that we likely have not heard the last of this hack, and that some material from it will eventually surface.
Thanks for pointing out this issue. It does infect scoop reporting, and not just in political coverage. I will go out on a limb and say scoops don't even matter to most readers/audiences. We editors should routinely ask who will most benefit from the story--audience or source?
Outstanding piece
Life questions :Who leaked and why;? What did they know and when did they know it?
That said, Dick, with the caveats above, what's your take on major media not publishing any of this, versus 2016?
If nothing else, couldn't we at least find out if Stone has a better risotto recipe than Podesta? ;)
More seriously, all the items about the Vance vetting? IMO, it's ridiculous (and kowtowing, too) that these aren't being published. Exactly what DID pop up beyond what's been publicly released?
Very hard to know if truly newsworthy stuff is being withheld without seeing it. Given the timing of the Vance dossier (apparently February), it might just consist of public records stuff/clips.
I would guess, as I said, that we likely have not heard the last of this hack, and that some material from it will eventually surface.