The L.A. Times' Baquet v. L.A. Times' McManus

Hugh Hewitt contrasts today's defense by L.A. Times editor Dean Baquet for printing the details of the classified counterterrorism banking program with what the Times' Washington Editor Doyle McManus said on Hugh's show yesterday.

The differences are most illuminating. Don't miss this one.

Update: More on the Times from Patterico's Pontifications here and here.

One of the interesting things Patterico notes is that Doyle McManus's own explanations for publishing the article have shifted over the last few days. Patterico asks "Are the NYT and LAT Editors Starting to Realize They Screwed Up?"

We can only hope, but they'd never admit it...