[WikiEN-l] News agencies are not RSs

[Sage Ross]

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 2:47 PM, <WJhonson at aol.com> wrote:
>
> So we're now going to set a "higher" moral position than any other
> information outlet does?  Because I'm pretty darn sure that they would report it, if
> they had a reliable source from which to do so.

No.  In fact, the New York Times contacted a wide range of mainstream
media organizations (NPR, other national papers, etc.) to coordinate
the media blackout.  See
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105775059

-Sage