Here’s what Ezra Klein wrote today:
In another wrinkle they haven’t mentioned, Journolist included Gautham Nagesh, a Daily Caller reporter (he’s since moved to The Hill). He leaned conservative, and frequently disagreed with other members of the list. It also included almost 400-some other people. If I had thought there was some deep and dark conspiracy to protect, I can guarantee you I would’ve been a bit more selective.
In my opinion, Klein seems to be speculating (without “saying”) that Nagesh is the leaker. If you want to spread a rumor, Klein shows us how to do it here. His long career as a political op makes him an expert.
One other think Klein demonstrates is how to reframe a debate by misstating the issue. It’s not about conspiracy, it’s about message coordination. The JournoList echo chamber gave a bunch of leftish journalists, writers who were insecure in their own opinions, a mechanism for getting on the same page. Such discussions do not technically constitute a conspiracy, which implies actual planning. But it did give leftish policy pimps the opportunity to co-opt the journalistic community. And as The Daily Caller is showing, JournoList was a very effective tool for this.
The real question continues to be, why does Ezra Klein still work for the Washington Post? Does the newspaper no longer value its reputation as an honest broker of information? The full impact of the JournoList scandal will be that readers who are not part of the leftish echo chamber will no longer be able to trust the Post to publish the truth. For the Post, this can’t possibly be a good thing