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Leakers Have Agendas—That Journos Hide

From gossip to war, the press is too kind to its sources

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 28, 2009 7:58 AM CDT

(Newser) – In the past few days the New York Times and Washington Post broke three major stories with the help of leaks: John Edwards' readiness to declare paternity, Stanley McChrystal's blunt assessment of the Afghanistan war, and Barack Obama's intervention in the New York governor's...   Read full story »

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