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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKen Dilanian has a questionable past as a reporter (too cozy with the CIA):
09/05/2014 10:53 am ET Updated Dec 06, 2017
Recently released emails indicate that prominent national security reporter Ken Dilanian formerly with the Los Angeles Times, currently with the Associated Press (and from 1997-2007 the Philadelphia Inquirer) shared stories prior to publication with CIA press office seeking their approval, according to a story up on The Intercept. Now, it is not uncommon for national security reporters to vet facts with government functionaries, but the emails indicate Dilanian went much further than that, not only sharing stories prior to publication (a big no-no in almost every newsroom) but he also entered into discussions about how the CIA could bend public opinion of drone strikes their way.
On at least one occasion he re-wrote a lede as per their dictates. He also reported as fact, in the pages of the Los Angeles Times, a CIA claim that there was no collateral murder in a 2012 drone strike on Al Qaeda leader Abu Yahya al-Libi. An Amnesty International report disputes that sanitized version of events, citing eyewitnesses that claim upwards of 15 people, including Afghan tribesmen unaffiliated with Al Qaeda, were killed in the drone strike. Obviously, a drone strike that only kills the bad guys is much more palatable to the American people than a drone strike that kills 15. But thats not journalism, thats propaganda.
Theres no telling how much of his national security reporting was compromised by the CIA press office, or for how long, because the emails only cover a few months in 2012. The emails were released by the CIA as per a FOIA request by The Intercept for Agency email exchanges with journalists. Dilanian acknowledges sending stories to the CIA prior to publication and now says it was wrong. It was also in violation of the L.A. Times ethical guidelines. Perhaps that explains why the L.A. Times misleadingly refers to Dilanian as a Tribune reporter in its reporting on the scandal (SEE ABOVE). Tribune Publishing is the L.A. Times parent company. However, Dilanians Linkedin page clearly says he was a Los Angeles Times reporter (SEE BELOW). Shameful all around. This is not a good day for journalism.
Short article--no more at link.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-valania/la-times-disowns-reporter_b_5770388.html
tblue37
(65,490 posts)up now, without finding that much against Trump.
He seems to have an agenda.
thanks for the response
pnwmom
(109,000 posts)but later today he seemed to be walking his initial reaction back.
Still, I agree with you. It wasn't a good analysis.
DeminPennswoods
(15,290 posts)fully reading the document. This is what happens when you do that.
uponit7771
(90,367 posts)... will be ending soon bulshit
manor321
(3,344 posts)Today he showed up on MSNBC grinning from ear to ear pushing the bullshit propaganda that because Mueller's sentencing memo for the D.C. case doesn't mention the word "Russia", it means Mueller has found no conspiracy of the Trump campaign colluding with Russia.
Joyce Vance and Ben Wittes politely implicitly corrected him later, after Ken's segment was over.
OnDoutside
(19,977 posts)pnwmom
(109,000 posts)That's the Glenn Greenwald publication. Greenwald is the libertarian who was heavily involved in the Ed Snowden debacle. Greenwald isn't a progressive, he opposes progressives.
Even filtered through the HuffPost, this is still an Intercept story.