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These folks know that many of us have something to lose if they're not kept anon/pseudonymous. It's the first thing they'll offer you. The issue here is entirely about leverage. Scott, being a much nicer person than I am, likely assumed his safety would be the priority issue.
The truth is that Scott could probably have bargained for his privacy in advance if it had ever even occurred to him that Cade would put mentally ill patients at risk just to appear thorough. I really don't think it would ever have occurred to Scott that he'd need to do this.
Scott actually did ask right away, apparently. Whoever Cade consulted with on the editorial staff was apparently aware of Scott's very serious concerns and was willing to discard the interview with the subject himself just to keep the name on. https://twitter.com/KelseyTuoc/status/1275529271574847489 …pic.twitter.com/28PstfSfgU
I'm with Kelsey — this is just confusing. I don't see how it isn't completely irrational to drop the key interview just to personally destroy your subject. The NYT really has gone totally haywire.
I'm not sure how much difference it would of made tbh.
Eh, it sounds like SSC was always going to be in the center of the story. That’s why he probably didn’t offer Scott an anonymous interview. They offered you a background interview because they don’t care about including you in the story.
Them offering other people a "background interview" shows that their "policy of doxxing people" was just a lie. If they're covering the blog, why exactly do they need to include his identity - which requires a dedicated effort to find? What's the supposed value for readers?
scott's first request of Cade was anonymity: https://freebeacon.com/media/well-known-blogger-shuts-down-site-for-fear-of-nyt-doxxing/ …. I'm very confused about why the NYT picked this hill to die on.
I don’t think they expected to die on this hill. They probably didn’t expect any battle at all.
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