Source: Fox News
“The New York Times has launched a mole hunt to determine ‘whether staffers leaked confidential information related to Gaza war coverage to another media outlet,’ according to the Wall Street Journal. The Wall Street Journal report called it the ‘latest internal crisis at the Times’ where infighting over coverage of ‘sensitive topics like the transgender community and social justice’ has erupted in recent months. … Times Executive Editor Joe Kahn was irked when The Intercept recently reported an episode of the Times'[s] podcast ‘The Daily’ about sexual violence committed by Hamas was shelved after ‘an intense internal debate’ about the story. Kahn told the WSJ that he’s open to ‘the normal push and pull of any newsroom — journalists challenging each other’s assumptions and debating whether coverage is fair,’ but opposition to the Hamas sexual-violence article ‘crossed a line when confidential Times work-product was allegedly shared outside the newsroom.'” (04/15/24)