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by yerich 2691 days ago
What's the New York Times supposed to do for their readers? Not publish anything? De Becker, AMI and Amazon were asked for comment and declined. Besides, only a few paragraphs from the story are quotes from the blog post.
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Yes exactly that. It's proof though that they're just an entertainment rag looking for eyeballs.

Do some digging, find out more context, get relevant legal precedents, or any precedents for this kind of action. Reference Gawker case, all of the stuff that talks about WHY this is important.

They basically just reposted Bezos' letter but in their own words with some of his quotes thrown in.