What would happen if someone takes the photos to the NYT and the Times says it'll publish them?

CTyankee

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Thu May-14-09 07:52 AM
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What would happen if someone takes the photos to the NYT and the Times says it'll publish them?

Don't we have another Pentagon Papers situation? Would The New York Times Co v. United States Supreme Court decision of 1971 forbid prior restraint by the Obama Administration on the publication of the photos?

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Thu May-14-09 08:26 AM
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1. If The Past Is Prologue

The answer would be no way it'll happen. This is no longer the Times of the Pentagon Papers just like Woodward is no longer Woodward.

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CTyankee

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Thu May-14-09 08:28 AM
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2. Pretty much my conclusion since the Times was opposed to the Nixon Admin. and supports Obama.

However, if it came out that the Times HAD the photos but wouldn't publish them (which is their right to do)then it would come under a huge amount of criticism. The paper, already in trouble financially, would have a serious problem of credibility, perhaps fatal to it.

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Thrill

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Thu May-14-09 08:28 AM
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3. Nothing. I'm sure Obama knows they will come out at some point

But in my opinion he needed to sort of show the military commanders that begged him not to release them that he could stand up for them. And thats what he's doing, even if he has to take his lumps.

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michreject

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Thu May-14-09 08:36 AM
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4. The Times would lose any hope of a Fed bailout

They would close up shop.

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CTyankee

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Thu May-14-09 12:32 PM
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6. That's not what happened when they published the Pentagon Papers.

And that was during the Vietnam War and with the Nixon Administration.

They have no business getting a government bailout for exactly the reason that is implicit in you response.

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michreject

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Thu May-14-09 04:24 PM
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7. You're getting no argument from me nt

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JohnnyLib2

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Thu May-14-09 08:41 AM
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5. Internet distribution of photos seems much more likely now

Fascinating question, though.

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