It's a "joyous" moment for The New York Times, said Andrew Belonsky in Gawker. British commandos have rescued Stephen Farrell, a British national and the second Times correspondent to be captured by the Taliban recently. "Keeping with their policy, the Times kept a lid on the story, lest press coverage add more zeroes to a potential ransom."
It's a "pity" the Times only appreciates the importance of secrecy in avoiding "the expenses of a dead employee," said Jay Tea in Wizbang. When the issue is publishing information about a soldier who has been captured, or the hometown of a terrorist interrogator, the Times thinks the news is fit to print. Protecting others doesn't seem to matter when it comes to selling more papers.
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