When is it good and when is it bad for a newspaper to hold a story because the government asks it to? From ABC:
[T]he paper's editorial staff was actually cooperating with the federal probe into the governor which resulted in his arrest Tuesday, by holding from print an exclusive story that FBI agents had secretly recorded the governor's conversations.Obviously, printing a story that the governor is being recorded would stop the governor from saying anything incriminating. MarketWatch disagrees:
It never pays off for newspaper editors to capitulate -- especially in the case of this embattled newspaper. Tribune Co. is a financial mess. The newspaper should at least have lofty ideals, such as defending the interests of its readers.I don't think I agree. Do you?
