> I am a former editor (newspapers and magazines) and now work in tech. No reputable media outlet that I know of would permit prior review -- that is, allowing

> I am a former editor (newspapers and magazines) and now work in tech. No reputable media outlet that I know of would permit prior review -- that is, allowing a source to see a story before it's published. Perhaps in the past. You can find many stories about, for example, politicians in DC who require exactly that as a condition for access. They even would insist on rewriting quotes. It was a big deal in 2012 when the NY Times and a few others made a policy decision to restrict (but not eliminate IIRC) such deals with sources.[1] Note that these publications were allowing such deals until then -- and if the NY Times and Reuters are doing it, imagine what the standards of your local paper are. Some attribute it to the rise of the Internet. Sources aren't as dependent on the the professional news media to get their stories out. If the NY Times won't agree to the terms, maybe BuzzFeed or Red State or someone else will, or the source can publish on their own website, or on the website of a publication they own.[2] People like to criticize the professional news media, and certainly it has its faults. But we will miss it when it's gone. [1] http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/in-new-policy-the-times-forbids-after-the-fact-quote-approval http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/in-new-poli... [2] http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/937b06c2-3ebd-11e4-adef-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3Dz2wbYoI http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/937b06c2-3ebd-11e4-adef-00144feabd...