From Wikipedia’s article on his book Dark Alliance
James Adams, Washington correspondent for the Sunday Times, wrote a largely negative review for The New York Times. Adams was critical of Webb’s “failure” to contact the CIA to “cross-check sources and allegations,” and concluded that “For investigative reporters determined to uncover the truth, procedures like these are unacceptable. Neither the editors of the San Jose Mercury News nor the publishers of these books should have allowed their writers to take such relaxed approaches to a serious subject.”
Is this dude seriously saying someone reporting on the CIA’s drug trafficking to fund death squads in Nicaragua should check sources and allegations with…the CIA?
From Wikipedia’s article on his book Dark Alliance
Is this dude seriously saying someone reporting on the CIA’s drug trafficking to fund death squads in Nicaragua should check sources and allegations with…the CIA?
“I’m an independent journalist! I always check with the most trusted sources first, such as the Central Intelligence Agency”
I find it insane that Western sources almost always boil down to “okay, but what does the US Government say is the truth?”
At least we know about the CIA authoritarian control over NYT.