Monday, October 22, 2007

Kurt Eichenwald-what you didn't know

Remember when NY Times Kurt Eichenwald broke the story of online child pornography a few years ago? It was an amazing piece of journalism that led to congressional hearings and, more importantly, saved at least one child's life. Eichenwald received a lot of criticism for becoming "too close" to his teen-age source and left the Times a few months later. He took a job at Portfolio, a new, high-profile business magazine, but recently left that. His career is all but over.

Listen to this NPR interview (link above) to find out why:

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