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Re:Joi Ito Resigns from M.I.T. Media Lab After Outcry over J... by adventured on Sunday September 08, 2019 @01:53AM (#20908836)
The NYT has very prominently been in ethical collapse mode for several years now. This is just another in a line of a dozen or so scandals surrounding their credibility, or rather, their no longer existent credibility. They're the biggest joke in mainstream news in the US right now and that's not an easy thing to accomplish while Fox News still exists.

There is zero chance editors and journalists at the NYT resign over this. There are probably some infamous tabloids with higher ethical standards than the NYT at this point.

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Re:Joi Ito Resigns from M.I.T. Media Lab After Outcry over J... by arcticfox on Sunday September 08, 2019 @03:45AM (#20909142)
Sources? I haven't heard of any of these scandals. And even this story could simply be the NYT failing to corroborate the more salacious accusations with more than one source yet, therefore not running them.
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Re:Joi Ito Resigns from M.I.T. Media Lab After Outcry over J... by jpster on Sunday September 08, 2019 @08:53AM (#20910264)
IDK about their ethical motivations, but they made serious errors in judgement.

They delayed publishing on Bush’s illegal surveillance because his admin asked them to. IIRC they had the opportunity to break this story before he was reelected and didn't.

See also Judith Miller’s botched reporting episodes.

https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/16/politics/bush-lets-us-spy...

https://www.salon.com/2015/07/30/the_new_york_times_humiliat...

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