New York Times Reporter Makes SHOCKING Admission That Shows The Papers Blatant Hypocrisy

The release of classified information mostly concerning the Russo-Ukrainian War on a Discord server has captured the attention of many. The government predictably would want to find and punish the whistleblower for the unauthorized release of information. What is shocking to many is the role that the press played in the outing of the whistleblower’s identity.

This alarming admission of the role of the press in the revelation of the leaker was made by none other than David Philipps, a military correspondent for the New York Times. The journalist Glenn Greenwald picked up his comment on Twitter by writing that “The NYT’s military correspondent with a surprisingly candid and very important admission.”

I had a strong feeling that the NYT's military reporter, @David_Philipps, would end up deleting his tweet (or being told to delete it) given what a revealing admission he made. So I screen-shot it last night just in case. It's actually an amazing and important confession: pic.twitter.com/XyjVmI6fgv

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 15, 2023

The link to Mr. Philipps’s, the aforementioned military correspondent, tweet was deleted presumably by its author. Mr. Greenwald, however, revealed that he had screenshoted Mr. Philipps’s tweet. Greenwald wrote that “I had a strong feeling that the NYT’s military reporter, @David_Philipps , would end up deleting his tweet (or being told to delete it) given what a revealing admission he made. So I screen-shot it last night just in case. It’s actually an amazing and important confession.” The screenshot showed Mr. Philipp confession that “The NYT worked feverishly to find the identity of the guy leaking TS [Top Secret] docs on Discord. Ironically, if the same guy had leaked to the NYT, we’d be working feverishly to conceal it.”

I had a strong feeling that the NYT's military reporter, @David_Philipps, would end up deleting his tweet (or being told to delete it) given what a revealing admission he made. So I screen-shot it last night just in case. It's actually an amazing and important confession: pic.twitter.com/XyjVmI6fgv

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 15, 2023

Look what's going on here:

First the NYT (jointly with CIA-front Bellingcat) and WPost hunted down, exposed and ensured the arrest of the 21-year-old leaker.

Now they're having a party with the docs, publishing one "EXCLUSIVE" after the next as if they bravely "obtained" them: pic.twitter.com/Izqn5mtXHq

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 15, 2023

In effect, they get to have their cake and eat it too by helping to out the source behind the documents while writing about the same leaked documents. Mr. Greenwald claimed there was only one ethical situation where one was required to out a source and that was if they were caught intentionally lying to the press. Yet, Greenwald noted in a tweet that the “official anonymous sources” who told news agencies like Reuters that the leaker was working for Russia have not yet been outed.

Under basic journalistic ethics, the only time it's justifiable (indeed required) to out a source is when they purposely cause you to disseminate lies.

Does this mean @Reuters will reveal which official anonymous sources caused them to falsely claim Russia did this leak?

😂 pic.twitter.com/zJrpK0nybM

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 15, 2023

Mr. Greenwald further claimed that the true allegiance of “these media outlets” were to the “US Security State” as they “print whatever” the Security State tells them to.

And, don't forget that a week ago:@Reuters published an article claiming Russia was behind this leak, based on what "three officials" told them.

These media outlets print whatever the US Security State tells them to, because that's their alliegience:https://t.co/UFwlEg9SsM

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 15, 2023

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Michael Tracey, another journalist, also noted the same phenomenon of news agencies helping to capture the leaker. He wrote in a tweet thread that “Contributing writer at The Atlantic @AmyZegart declares the real ’heroes’ of the week were all the amazing journalists who participated in a ’dragnet’ to identify the leaker, at which time the FBI ’moved into action’ and nabbed him. A true landmark feat of journalistic heroism.”

Mr. Tracey also noted that “she praises these ’open-source investigators’ (journalists) for being able to “move faster than governments.” Which would have to imply that the journalists and the government are performing the same task — the journalists are just able to accomplish it more efficiently.” He also revealed that Amy Zegart recommended “that US intel agencies find new ways to ‘work with leaders in this space.’ Very confident her wish is already well on its way to being granted.”

Contributing writer at The Atlantic @AmyZegart declares the real "heroes" of the week were all the amazing journalists who participated in a "dragnet" to identify the leaker, at which time the FBI "moved into action" and nabbed him. A true landmark feat of journalistic heroism pic.twitter.com/70rFq9Pl2C

— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) April 14, 2023

While one can take the view that it is within the government’s purview to find and punish leakers, this should not mean that it should be ethical for journalists to aid the government in doing so. Especially when the same news outlets acknowledge the newsworthiness of the leaks and report about them. In effect they benefit from whom they seek to out. One can also take the view that so long as the leaker publishes material that shows that the government is acting unlawfully that the leaker ought not be punished.