Don't Turn Us Into Poodles - New York Times
An employee defends his employer. Kristof and many other journalists seem to forget that elected and other public officials have as much right to criticize the press as the press is free to report what they consider to be 'in the public interest.' Neither have the right to disclose classified information that may endanger our country or its armed forces.
Update 7/9/06: Jay Rosen has a thoughtful post that explores the various sides of this debate on the 'freedom of the press.' I don't agree with everything he says, but he does see the basis for the arguments on both sides of the fury over the Times publication of the SWIFT story.
Even more to my way of thinking is this post by Hewitt at townhall.org. In effect, the for-profit media, particularly the 'Times Two,' simply does not have the knowledge, background or experience that qualifies them to be trusted in their judgment about releasing classified information.
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