<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 150%; font-family: "verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'><a href="http://www.zcommunications.org/an-unethical-record-stratfor-and-the-new-york-times-by-chris-spannos">http://www.zcommunications.org/an-unethical-record-stratfor-and-the-new-york-times-by-chris-spannos</a></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 150%; font-family: "verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'></span> </div><div style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;'><span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 150%; font-family: "verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>An important article with plenty of research to back it up:</span></div><div style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51);
font-family: "verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;'><span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 150%; font-family: "verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'></span> </div><div style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;'><span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 150%; font-family: "verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>"The perverse relationship between Stratfor and the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style='font-family: "verdana", "sans-serif";'>New York Times</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>— documented in this report and spanning from September 1998 to May 2012 — is one example of the problems with dominant media’s reliance on powerful corporations and governments and vice versa. Rather than encouraging its journalists to act as
diligent checks on power,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style='font-family: "verdana", "sans-serif";'>New York Times</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span>journalists<span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span>have appreciated having access to privately owned, clandestinely gathered information and analysis. Stratfor has benefited by having wide ranging access to the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style='font-family: "verdana", "sans-serif";'>Times</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>pages, including direct access to journalists — and in some cases control over what they publish — and by even exploiting the paper’s “bestseller” book list. But Stratfor is dependent on — at times grossly unethical and illegal — covert intelligence gathering. This presents problems for all media institutions aspiring toward ethical practices and conduct that rely on
such companies."</span></div><div style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: italic; background-color: transparent;'><span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 150%; font-family: "verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'></span> </div><div style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; background-color: transparent;'><span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 150%; font-family: "verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'></span> </div></div></body></html>