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Here's Daniel Okrent's defense of why the New York Times omitted the fact that Susan Sontag was a lesbian:

Why did this omission have to be defended? Who would have benefitted by its inclusion?

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Here's Daniel Okrent's defense of why the New York Times omitted the fact that Susan Sontag was a lesbian:

Why did this omission have to be defended? Who would have benefitted by its inclusion?
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Since when did reporting facts required a determination of benefit? Answer since the issue is homosexual behavior and the reporter is probably a homosexual.