Sunday, June 30, 2013

Look at the front page of The New York Times right now. The most prominent feature is a photo of Hillary Clinton over the headline "G.O.P. Paints Clinton as Old News for 2016." There is no mention of the NSA bugging in Europe at all. This has been reported all over the world now, including domestically in the Wall Street Journal. European officialdom has already reacted, with "shock and dismay," with "outrage." I do not think lack of credibility or need to verify independently are the reasons here. Major media outlets have their reasons for what they report, how they report it, how prominently they report it and what they don't report. The Times has its reasons for not reporting this so far. What are they?