Last Tuesday a top lawyer for the\u00a0New York Times<\/em>\u00a0named David McCraw\u00a0warned a room full of judges<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>that the prosecution of Julian Assange for WikiLeaks publications would set a very dangerous precedent which would end up hurting mainstream news media outlets like NYT, the\u00a0Washington Post<\/em>, and other outlets which publish secret government documents.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI think the prosecution of him would be a very, very bad precedent for publishers,\u201d McCraw said. \u201cFrom that incident, from everything I know, he\u2019s sort of in a classic publisher\u2019s position and I think the law would have a very hard time drawing a distinction between The New York Times and WikiLeaks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Do you know where I read about this? Not in the\u00a0New York Times<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cCuriously, as of this writing, McCraw\u2019s words have found no mention in the\u00a0Times\u00a0<\/em>itself,\u201d activist Ray McGovern\u00a0wrote<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0for the alternative media outlet\u00a0Consortium News<\/em>. \u201cIn recent years, the newspaper has shown a marked proclivity to avoid printing anything that might risk its front row seat at the government trough.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Though The New York Times itself has not reported it, it\u2019s No. 2 lawyer told a group of judges that the prosecution of Julian Assange could have dire consequences for the Times itself, explains Ray McGovern.https:\/\/t.co\/odQJJu9QDM<\/a><\/p>\n — Consortium News (@Consortiumnews) July 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n