I'm getting ready to go to work and I'm scanning the news before I go and this pops up on my AltaVista News reader from the New York Times:
Papers Knew of Foley E-Mail but Did Not Publish Stories
By ANNE E. KORNBLUT and KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
Published: October 3, 2006
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- At least two news organizations were tipped off to e-mail messages sent by Representative Mark Foley long before the story of his sexually explicit remarks to teenage pages broke last week and forced him to resign.
OK, I'll bite, whoe are these media outlets and why am I not surprised?
So, who are these venerable organizations?
The St. Petersburg Times and The Miami Herald received copies of an e-mail exchange between Mr. Foley, Republican of Florida, and a teenager, but neither paper gathered enough solid material to publish a story, according to statements by the papers' editors.
OK, so how long did they know, a week or two? A month? No...
The trickle of information about Mr. Foley's messages, first made known to the news media almost a year ago, has raised questions not only for Congressional officials but also for news organizations about how to handle anonymous sources making explosive accusations in an election year.
They sat on it for a freaking year! So, how did this all come to light? The emails were posted at a blog:
http://stopsexpredators.blogspot.com/...
So what do you think? I have to head out the door, so it may be a while before I comment or update.