The Touchable

How 'Times' Got That Story--Rashbaum's Tip, Sexton's Team Hits Jackpot

After the saga surrounding the months-delayed publication of the John McCain-lobbyist story, a story that was written about before The Times even published it and that ended with a whimper amid a cloud of public opprobrium (and that, in the end, was a tie with The Washington Post), one person involved with the story said the biggest fear, by far, was that they'd lose it. Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
2.5
by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

The article is a breathless narrative of the pressroom during a scoop. Good fodder for news dogs, but not news in itself.

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