1. We'll need some serious reporting on Abramson's firing but pending that, a few general points can be made based on recent Times history.
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2. When the dust settles, I suspect dispute over compensation/pension will turn out to be symptom of larger problems between JA & owners.
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3. Big firings like this are rarely over one thing, rather they grow out of long festering disputes on multiple issues.
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4. The dispute over Nate Silver should be seen as a forerunner of JA firing. JA wanted to keep Silver at Times, bosses buckled.
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5. JA was willing to carve out niche for Silver, but her employers didn't appreciate value NS brought to paper & services he could provide.
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6. The Snowden affair also important precursor to JA firing. JA wanted to work with Janine Gibson of Guardian on story.
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7. There is a small but telling anecdote in Gleen Greenwald's new book NO PLACE TO HIDE which is relevant.
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8. NY Times falsely suggested possibility that Chinese gov't was able to "drain the contents" of Snowden's laptops in Hong Kong.
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9. Because of laptop draining story, Snowden and Greenwald didn't want to work with Times.
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10. Via Janine Gibson, Abramson passed on message to Greenwald: "Please tell Glenn Greenwald personally that I agree with him..."
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11. "...completely about the fact that we should never have run that claim about China 'draining' Snowden's laptops. It was irresponsible."
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12. But Abramson wasn't able to get Times to issue apology on laptop claim, hence no deal with Snowden & Greenwald.
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13. A sequel to that Greenwald story:https://twitter.com/stefanjbecket/status/466753501054640128 …
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