In what will come as shocking news to nobody, it seems this Administration is proving to be exceptionally opaque and secretive in its dealings with the press.
Jill Abamson, the executive editor of the New York Times, told John Hockenberry host of The Takeaway, “The Obama years are a benchmark for a new level of secrecy and control. It’s created quite a challenging atmosphere for The New York Times, and for some of the best reporters in my newsroom who cover national security issues in Washington.”
From The Takeaway article:
Abramson says that the administration’s criminal leak investigations have presented large obstacles to news coverage.
“There have been seven of them, and one of them right now threatens my colleague James Risen who has been subpoenaed in one of these cases,” she says. “Collectively, they have really, I think, put a chill on reporting about national security issues in Washington.”
Those that are covering national security, according to Abramson, say that is has never been more difficult to get information.
“Sources who want to come forward with important stories that they feel the public needs to know are just scared to death that they’re going to be prosecuted,” she says. “Reporters fear that they will find themselves subpoenaed in this atmosphere.”
The only surprising thing is that this disclosure came from the editor of the Times. One has to wonder: did she HONESTLY expect anything different? From a man who has spent how many millions to prevent access to his college records?
Insert shocked-face here.