GROSS: I want to start with your greatest hit (laughter). McCraw has written a new memoir called "Truth In Our Times: Inside The Fight For Press Freedom In The Age Of Alternative Facts." He's been at the Times since 2002, and before that was the deputy general counsel of the New York Daily News. He's worked for the release of journalists who were kidnapped by extremists or detained by hostile governments.ĭuring the Trump era, he says, the fight about press freedom is about the very nature of truth and whether we, as a nation, believe that a free press counts for something. McCraw has filed dozens of lawsuits seeking information that was withheld by the government in spite of the Freedom of Information Act. He's dealt with legal issues surrounding the publication of sexual misconduct allegations against Harvey Weinstein and the threat of a libel suit that followed. McCraw will read that letter in a minute.Īs the Times' newsroom lawyer, McCraw has defended the Times against libel suits in the U.S. It was in response to a letter from Donald Trump's lawyer threatening to sue the Times for libel. You probably know my guest, the New York Times deputy general counsel David McCraw, from a letter he wrote that went viral.
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