In 1989, New York Times Supreme Court reporter Linda Greenhouse was admonished by her editors for marching at an abortion-rights rally. In a recent interview with Radar online, Greenhouse admits, without naming names, that other reporters attended the march as well:
I was disappointed in the fact that I knew some people from the Times, who I won't name -- some of whom had editorial responsibilities, who had come down from New York and had also marched. The difference was, they had given themselves the cover of getting press credentials. I, of course, had a chance to get press credentials too, since abortion was something I wrote about it. But I declined press credentials because I said, 'I'm not covering the story, so I'm not going to take press credentials.' So I felt that there was a great deal of hypocrisy, and failure on the part of some to have the courage to speak up. But it is ever thus.
(Hat tip: Newsbusters.)