The headquarters of the New York Times is pictured on 8th Avenue in New York April 30, 2008. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn
Guardian Story On Israel And N.S.A. Is Not ‘Surprising’ Enough to Cover -- Margaret Sullivan, New York Times
Many Times readers have been writing to me for several days about a story The Guardian broke last week, describing how the United States routinely shares with Israel intelligence information that the National Security Agency gathers on American citizens.
The story was published five days ago, and by late last week I was already hearing from dozens of readers. One of them was Phyllida Paterson, of Silver Spring, Md., who wrote:
48 hours and there is still nothing in The Times about how the N.S.A. shares U.S. citizens’ raw communications data with Israel. This explosive story ought to be front-page news. Word is spreading and The Times is losing credibility by the hour. Friends of mine who never before believed that newspapers suppressed news are shocked by the evidence before them. Do you really want to push more readers into the arms of The Guardian?Read more ....
Update #1: Margaret Sullivan Criticizes New York Times Over NSA, Israel Story -- Huffington Post
Update #2: Not News: The U.S. and Israel Cooperate -- Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary
Update #3: All The News That Is ‘significant or surprising’: NYT editor defends ignoring NSA-Israel collaboration (Updated) -- Mondoweiss
My Comment: The New York Times makes the case for me on why I am always reading multiple sources and posting these sources in this blog. Sticking to one source for your news is a guarantee that (sometimes) you will miss the news and information that is important to you.