'Cover the news': Writer for outlet that got Trump leaks rips 'baffling' decision to not publish
Earlier this week, at least three news outlets — the New York Times, the Washington Post and Politico — all received leaked internal documents from former President Donald Trump's campaign. But so far, no outlet has published anything from those leaks, and one Politico journalist is calling out his employer for its decision. ...
... "60 Minutes correspondent Bill Whitaker asked if it was fair to use the DCCC hacked documents. 'Life is unfair,' I replied. 'And politics is unfair. My job is not to sit there and decide, "this is fair, and this is not." My job is to cover the news. And wherever the news leads, we follow.' I would say the same thing today," Caputo wrote. "The job is to cover the news. And the Vance dossier sure as hell sounds like news."
Full article: https://www.alternet.org/trump-leaks/
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