"Shachtman, then serving as the top editor at the publication, reportedly instructed Siegel not to turn in a story with the words child pornography in it; and then took advantage of Siegel leaving work to tend to her dying mother by going back on an agreement to note that the FBI raid pertained to possible criminal behavior outside the scope of Meek's work in her article, according to an NPR investigation."
"In the hours leading up to publication, Shachtman changed Siegel's draft to remove all suggestions that the investigation was not related to Meek's reporting. He left in the finding that federal agents had allegedly found classified information' on Meek's devices."
"Rolling Stone's big scoop last week, headlined FBI Raids Star ABC News Producer's Home,' read like a Tom Clancy thriller and raised serious concerns that the feds raided a journalist over his work. As published, the Rolling Stone article's first two paragraphs lionized Meek's record and swashbuckling style."
Noah Shachtman, former editor-in-chief of Rolling Stone and The Daily Beast, joined The New York Times as a contributing opinion writer. This hiring occurred despite Shachtman's involvement in suppressing accurate reporting about an FBI raid on ABC News producer James Gordon Meek's home in April 2022. When Rolling Stone broke the story in October 2022, reporter Tatiana Siegel had discovered the raid related to a federal investigation into child sexual abuse material. Shachtman instructed Siegel to remove references to child pornography from her article and altered her draft to obscure the investigation's true nature, instead framing it as potentially targeting Meek for his journalism work. An NPR investigation documented Shachtman's direct involvement in these editorial decisions.
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