bonnie Posted May 30, 2013 Posted May 30, 2013 N.Y. Times will not attend DOJ session, citing opposition to off-the-record provision By DYLAN BYERS | 5/29/13 5:29 PM EDT New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson has announced that her paper will not attend an off-the-record session with Attorney General Eric Holder to discuss the Justice Department's monitoring of reporters, due to the fact that the meeting is to be conducted "off the record." “We will not be attending the session at DOJ. It isn’t appropriate for us to attend an off the record meeting with the attorney general. Our Washington bureau is aggressively covering the department’s handling of leak investigations at this time," Abramson said in a statement. "Evidently, there will be a future session with department officials on the substance of how the law should be applied in leak cases and I am hopeful that our counsel, David McCraw will be able to participate in that meeting," she wrote. (QUIZ: How well do you know Eric Holder?) The Justice Dept. had planned to hold a meeting with Washington bureau chiefs from all major national news organizations this week to discuss guidelines for subpoenas of reporters. On Wednesday, The Huffington Post reported that those meetings would be conducted off-record, meaning the bureau chiefs would not be free to report on Holder's remarks. It is unclear whether the Times's boycott will inspire other news organizations to follow suit. Watch for updates here. UPDATE (7:04 p.m.): The Associated Press says it will not attend this week's off-the-record meeting with Attorney General Holder unless the Justice Department decides to change its mind and conduct the meeting on the record. Full details here. Quote Everything you do is based on the choices you make. It's not your parents, your past relationships, your job, the economy, the weather, an argument, or your age that is to blame. You and only you are responsible for every decision and choice you make, period ... ... Wish more people would realize this. Quotes by Susan Gottesman
Ted Oplinger Posted May 31, 2013 Posted May 31, 2013 Politico says it will delightfully attend, to "keep the dialogue open".... Quote "As iron sharpens iron, so also does one man sharpen another" - Proverbs 27:17 "The offense of the cross is that the cross is a confession of human frailty and sin and of inability to do any good thing. To take the cross of Christ means to depend solely on Him for everything, and this is the abasement of all human pride. Men love to fancy themselves independent. But let the cross be preached, let it be made known that in man dwells no good thing and that all must be received as a gift, and straightway someone is offended." Ellet J. Waggoner, The Glad Tidings "Courage is being scared to death - and saddling up anyway" - John Wayne "The person who pays an ounce of principle for a pound of popularity gets badly cheated" - Ronald Reagan
joeb Posted May 31, 2013 Posted May 31, 2013 Politico says it will delightfully attend, to "keep the dialogue open".... Wow. What a shocker. The Obama sycophants want to hear more. Quote Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.Alexis de Tocqueville
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