Cleveland Plain Dealer No-Story - about Ohio Elections?

[chaz4jazz]

I know this was written about on July 9th from story published in the NYT regarding the CPD not wanting to publish two stories of important information for citizens concerning the government. They are afraid of the now broken shield that once protected reporters. Obviously the sources of the information who tipped off the reporters for the Plain Dealer requested to remain anonymous.

My thoughts: Frist, the Judge AND Fitzgerald agree that in the Rove/Plame case there is no "whistleblower" therefore no reason to shield a criminal act (the disclosure of Plame). In the Plain Dealer cases obviously these are whistleblowers who are reporting on illegal or criminal acts by our Administration so there would be shield coverage. They should have figured this out.

Second - most important: It has been asked by blogging columnists why these tipsters went to the Plain Dealer in the first place. I also wondered (would the NYT be afraid to publish something that could shake the foundations of the Administration if it was fact?).

Why the Plain Dealer? How about because it must deal with the last election and fraud in the OHIO elections. The Plain Dealer IS Ohio's main newspaper. Any thoughts?

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/09/national/09cleveland.html?ex=1121054400&en=216d1e278f5c4db5&ei=5070

Chico

[tandem5]

1. that was my first thought too, but...

it seems more likely that they are hyping two large, but not earth-shattering, stories that make their point about protecting sources.

[justinsb]

2. This is the problem I was trying to point out

and why I defended miller (not her personally but her right not to divulge sources). What if the people who supplied the Plain Dealer with documents are themselves implicated in a crime (it would depend on what was in the documents). If that is the case the Plain Dealer now knows that they cannot run the stories and protect their sources.

[Botany]

3. Please I am dying here in Ohio ........

..... can one paper come out and drop the truth bomb ......

KERRY WON ....... Look Noe goes right to the dirt in Lucas County last
election and for paying GOP operatives and maybe right to Ken Blackwell's
"special computers" the ones that were connected to the central tabulators
so as to allow the input of data not just receiving the vote totals from the
counties.

BTW hey Dr. Dean in 19 out of the 88 counties an unknown african american
women got more votes then Kerry and she was running for Ohio Supreme
Court w/ no money and no ads her repub counterpart got far less votes then
bush and he is known, spent money, and had ads ........

:rant: