But after the Times published a critical profile of Assange , he bypassed the paper months later in releasing a new batch of 250,000 documents to the Guardian and other European outlets . Howard Kurtz : Liberal journalists have been victims of some big surprises . He says leakers who once could have only gone to mainstream media now have other options . Glenn Greenwald : U.S. press has a history of behavior subservient to censorship . Kurtz : Role of mainstream media as a neutral arbiter may be eroding .
Howard Kurtz : Liberal journalists have been victims of some big surprises . He says leakers who once could have only gone to mainstream media now have other options . Glenn Greenwald : U.S. press has a history of behavior subservient to censorship . Kurtz : Role of mainstream media as a neutral arbiter may be eroding .