NYTimes Admits It Sends Stories to US Government for Approval Before Publication

• To be fair to the NYTimes, I don’t feel there is anything wrong with them clearing certain articles which are sensitive to national security before publishing. But, of course, people abuse “national security” for their own agenda and suppress information that should be made public.
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• NYTimes Admits It Sends Stories to US Government for Approval Before Publication
  by Ben Norton, https://thegrayzone.com/
  The New York Times casually acknowledged that it sends major scoops to the US government before publication, to make sure “national security officials” have “no concerns.”
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  The New York Times has publicly acknowledged that it sends some of its stories to the US government for approval from “national security officials” before publication. This confirms what veteran New York Times correspondents like James Risen have said: The American newspaper of record regularly collaborates with the US government, suppressing reporting that top officials don’t want made public.
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  On June 15, the Times reported that the US government is escalating its cyber attacks on Russia’s power grid. According to the article, “the Trump administration is using new authorities to deploy cybertools more aggressively,” as part of a larger “digital Cold War between Washington and Moscow.”
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  In response to the report, Donald Trump attacked the Times on Twitter, calling the article “a virtual act of Treason.” The New York Times PR office replied to Trump from its official Twitter account, defending the story and noting that it had, in fact, been cleared with the US government before being printed.
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  “Accusing the press of treason is dangerous,” the Times communications team said. “We described the article to the government before publication.” “As our story notes, President Trump’s own national security officials said there were no concerns,” the Times added.
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