The Times inconsistency on kidnapping coverage

by Ed Morrissey, HOT AIR:

Over the weekend, I explained my decision to stay quiet about the kidnapping of the New York Times’ David Rohde when I first learned about it in March.  The Times asked me to refrain from publishing it in order to keep from endangering Rohde, which I agreed could risk his life by giving the Taliban kidnappers exactly what they wanted — an audience.  I’m happy with my decision, but Marc Danziger at Winds of Change points out that the Times themselves don’t stick to that policy when someone other than a NYT reporter gets abducted:

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