The New York Times first debated publishing a story about secret eavesdropping on Americans as early as last fall, before the 2004 presidential election.

But the newspaper held the story for more than a year and only revealed the secret wiretaps last Friday, when it became apparent a book by one of its reporters was about to break the news, according to journalists familiar with the paper's internal discussions.

"Question timing"?!!?!

I'm *this* close to being fucking catatonic with rage. Are you fucking SHITTING ME?

Traditional media is dead. Not dying. Not "not what it used to be". Fucking. Dead.