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It's a bit rich to claim he wasn't censored when it was demanded, in violation of his contract, to also not run the story anywhere else.

I strongly disagree that the edits were reasonable and I find it to be a huge red flag in your stance that you completely dismiss this.

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How is that censorship if he signed a contract saying he wouldn't publish for any other outlet?

Haven't you worked for companies that disallow you from working for anyone else without prior approval?

It's actually the opposite. His contract specifically allowed him to publish in other places if they didn't let him go ahead.

Is there any evidence that they actually stopped him from running it elsewhere, or that they actually refused to publish it? The start of the editor's memo specifically states that they are "comfortable with publishing". And he did publish it elsewhere (on Substack). So both claims are weak.

It seems like he was looking for an excuse to bail from The Intercept, and this was it.

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