The movie of the moment seems to be “The Post,” a dramatic retelling of the weeks in June 1971 when the Washington Post raced to catch up with The New York Times, which first published portions of the Pentagon Papers, a secret government study charting America’s path to war in Vietnam, before the newspaper was […]
Leaked to? Or obtained by? It matters which.
The currently oft-used phrase “leaked to” seems to have largely replaced “obtained by” in the discussion of documents public officials would rather keep under wraps but that surface anyway in our nation’s media. The phrases are sometimes used interchangeably. They shouldn’t be. Both phrases are freighted with meaning and intent. Leaked suggests an image of […]