Opinion | The New York Times Was Right to Unmask the Whistleblower

OPINION: The New York Times was right to release details on the whistleblower

would have been justified in blowing the whistleblower’s cover. It’s not the job of the press to protect the identities of official whistleblowers who prefer anonymity. Journalists can—and do—offer anonymity to all sorts of sources. But nowhere is it written that just because an official tipsteranonymity, a reporter is obligated to grant it. Anonymity is generally given to sources by reporters as a transactional good in exchange for information.

Nor is it the duty of the press to suppress news—that’s how the press works in authoritarian societies. No matter where you stand on the’ decision to publish, you’ve got to admit that a story about a CIA officer documenting criminal wrongdoing by the president is big news.

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