NYT Public Editor Tackles Decision To Keep Rohde Kidnapping Quiet

Yesterday, New York Times public editor Clark Hoyt discussed Times reporter David Rohde’s kidnapping and the lengths the paper’s staff took to keep the story out of the media.

Rohde has been mum about his ordeal, but Tahir Ludin, an Afghan journalist captured with Rohde and their driver, Asadullah Mangal, gave his story to the Times last month. Hoyt dug up some other facts about the kidnapping and the cover up, and he didn’t agree with them all.

First,

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