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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBradley Manning Called the 'NYT' and 'Washington Post'--What If They'd Responded? -
http://www.thenation.com/blog/173147/bradley-manning-called-nyt-and-washington-post-what-if-theyd-respondedThere is much to be said about Bradley Manning's remarkable day in court yesterday--he pleaded guilty to numerous charges for passing material to WikiLeaks and offered a lengthy and revealing statement about it it all--but since I concentrate on the media here let's stick to that angle for now. Yesterday I provided commentary and numerous links on this and other angles here. - See more at: http://www.thenation.com/blog/173147/bradley-manning-called-nyt-and-washington-post-what-if-theyd-responded#sthash.dTYcYhSD.dpuf
In his statement, Manning provided for the first tiime a blow-by-blow on how and why he came to contact WIkiLeaks in early 2010 in a process that led to the passing of an infamous video and millions of documents to them. It turns out that he first contacted The New York Times and The Washington Post and planned to reach out to Politico (that is, if everyone there was not over at Bob Woodward's house) but was turned back by bad weather.
Manning said that he had called the Times' Public Editor and left a message on his news tips line, briefly explaining what he had in mind. That post, ironically, was then filled by Clark Hoyt, who had directed the Knight Ridder (now McClatchy) office in D.C. that earned so much (belated) glory for their very rare tough coverage of the bogus Bush claims of Iraq WMD. Manning never got a call back. Hoyt told Calderone yesterday that he had no recollection of such a call.
Manning did manage to get through to an unnamed reporter at the Washington Post, who seemed to brush him off, although it's possible his description of what he wanted to leak might have sounded jumbled and hard to judge.
- See more at: http://www.thenation.com/blog/173147/bradley-manning-called-nyt-and-washington-post-what-if-theyd-responded#sthash.dTYcYhSD.dpuf
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Bradley Manning Called the 'NYT' and 'Washington Post'--What If They'd Responded? - (Original Post)
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Mar 2013
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Robb
(39,665 posts)1. "Claims to have." nt
frazzled
(18,402 posts)2. Exactly: claims to have talked to unidentified reporter, left message for non-news ombudsman
Neither of these acts is verifiable, and Times is disclaiming:
Private Manning said he first called The Washington Post and spoke to an unidentified reporter for about five minutes. He decided that the reporter did not seem particularly interested because she said The Post would have to review the material before making any commitment.
He said he then tried to reach out to The New York Times by calling a phone number for the newspapers public editor an ombudsman who is not part of the newsroom and leaving a voice mail message that was not returned.
In January 2010, around the time when Mr. Manning called the public editors line, voice mail messages were checked by Michael McElroy, the assistant to Clark Hoyt, then the public editor. Both Mr. Hoyt, now the editor at large at Bloomberg News, and Mr. McElroy, now a staff editor at The Times, said on Thursday that they had no recollection of hearing such a message.
We got hundreds of calls a week, and I tried to go through them all, Mr. McElroy said. If Id heard something like that, I certainly hope I would have flagged it immediately.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/01/us/bradley-manning-admits-giving-trove-of-military-data-to-wikileaks.html?ref=us&_r=0
He said he then tried to reach out to The New York Times by calling a phone number for the newspapers public editor an ombudsman who is not part of the newsroom and leaving a voice mail message that was not returned.
In January 2010, around the time when Mr. Manning called the public editors line, voice mail messages were checked by Michael McElroy, the assistant to Clark Hoyt, then the public editor. Both Mr. Hoyt, now the editor at large at Bloomberg News, and Mr. McElroy, now a staff editor at The Times, said on Thursday that they had no recollection of hearing such a message.
We got hundreds of calls a week, and I tried to go through them all, Mr. McElroy said. If Id heard something like that, I certainly hope I would have flagged it immediately.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/01/us/bradley-manning-admits-giving-trove-of-military-data-to-wikileaks.html?ref=us&_r=0
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Robb
(39,665 posts)3. It's not impossible.
But you do have to believe a lot of improbable things to believe it.
brooklynite
(94,598 posts)4. Wouldn't have gotten him off in any case...
The Courts upheld the right of the Times and Post to publish the Pentagon Papers, but Ellsberg was indicted and tried, and might have been convicted if not for the Nixon wiretapping scandal.