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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Regarding the NYT piece on Lively, Twohey sent out requests for comments the evening before publication with plans to publish the following afternoon. I can't remember if it was 24 hours notice or more like 18.

Abel responded with a statement from Freedman, saying it covered all the Wayfarer defendants.

Twohey wrote back to clarify "including Jed Wallace." Abel confirmed yes, including Jed Wallace.

Then in the early morning the next day, Freedman leaked the CRD and the story itself to TMZ and a host of other tabloids, with a *different* statement than the one he'd provided the NYT, and the internet went wild on it.

At no point did Freedman or any of the Wayfarer parties request more time to respond to the NYT.

So yes, the NYT had no choice but to publish early before the news cycle completed. Freedman manufactured that situation by leaking and providing a comment to the tabloids. And then he turned around and argued the NYT offered Wayfarer inadequate time to respond.

Sorry, but no. It's a transparent game. Wayfarer not only had enough time to review the allegations (which they already knew about and were expecting) and provide a comment, but also had enough time for Freedman to orchestrate an attempted PR end run around the NYT piece before it published.

I am very over people complaining the NYT didn't give Wayfarer enough time to respond. Yes they did.[/quote]

I should also note that the speed with which Freedman responded on behalf of all Wayfarer parties proves that they were already lawyered up and ready for this. It was not even a little surprising. I laugh when I see people marveling at "how fast" Freedman/Wayfarer put together their timeline for their countersuit. They were working on it for months! They knew in August that Leslie Sloane had seen at least one or two of the texts from Abel's phone, they knew they were cooked. Nathan recommended Baldoni speak to Freedman even before then (during the conflict over the supposed PR "truce" that both Jones and Sloane were accused of breaking).[/quote]

Look, a Pulitzer winning journalist should always take time to hear from the other side in a meaningful way. Especially when so much of this is from one source who it wouldn’t take long to discover had an axe to grind with Baldoni over other issues… just posting a blanket denial was not even close to best practices. This was a huge mistake, however you want to try to spin it. [/quote]

This is unfortunately typical of reporters now.  They rush with what they have and include a throwaway line about how the called the subject once and did nor get a response.  Journalists are so afraid of being scooped that they will report anything and then just claim the subject never called them back.. Total garbage.[/quote]

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