Posted by Orin Kerr:
When Reporters Are Part of the Story:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_05_11-2008_05_17.shtml#1210566194
The New York Times tends to be particularly one-sided when reporting
on matters of concern to The New York Times. Given that, perhaps
everyone expects that a Times story on [1]conservative support for a
federal reporter's privilege is going to be more a work of advocacy
than reporting.
Still, isn't it a bit odd that [2]Saturday's story on the reporters'
privilege doesn't disclose that both of the credited authors, Eric
Lichtblau and Philip Shenon, have been personally involved recently in
high-profile DOJ leak investigations? Lichtblau [3]was himself a
target after he co-authored the 2005 NSA surveillance story. And
Philip Shenon was one of the two reporters who [4]had his phone
records subpoened in the Valerie Plame leak investigation (the other
was Judith Miller). I don't know the official standards for
journalistic ethics, but it seems pretty fishy to me that Lichtblau &
Shenon didn't disclose their background in the story.
References
1. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/washington/10shield.html
2. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/washington/10shield.html
3. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newswar/interviews/lichtblau.html
4. http://www.rcfp.org/news/2004/0910fitzge.html
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