Talk:Ken Dilanian

Removal of material cited to The Intercept story
Question: Should the following be removed from this BLP?

''It later emerged that Dilanian routinely submitted drafts of his stories to the Central Intelligence Agency for approval, according to CIA documents. According to The Intercept, Dilanian explicitly promised "positive news coverage ... In at least one instance, the CIA's reaction appears to have led to significant changes in the story." The Los Angeles Times disputed the idea that the published versions of any stories written by Dilanian were inaccurate. The Associated Press, which hired Dilanian to cover the intelligence community, conducted a review and concluded that there were significant inaccuracies in The Intercept story and that any prepublication exchanges Dilanian had with the CIA were in pursuit of accuracy.''

Chetsford (talk) 00:37, 26 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Remove This was added by an IP editor and then removed by Renzie99. I subsequently reinserted it based on a cursory inspection that it was sourced to WP:RS. On further review, this story appears to have lived and died at The Intercept. It was picked-up by Politico as a short brief in a daily roundup, and then was the subject of an op-ed at the Huffington Post. However, there was no further, original reporting beyond The Intercept. (As an aside, though this is WP:OR, after looking at the specific emails, it's clear that the original story seems wildly overstated.) Considering the foregoing, I believe including this in the article will be WP:UNDUE. Chetsford (talk) 00:37, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Update on February 25, 2024
It's been a month and no one has registered any objection so I'm removing the above passage. Chetsford (talk) 06:45, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

Hey Deep State Wikipedia POS editors! How about some accurate accounting of Ken Dilaniam's background at the L.A. Times being caught collaborating with the CIA on stories he wrote for national security, a violation of journalistic integrity cited by his former employer, the L.A. Times. Why am I not surprised that you POS editors "forgot" to include these facts about who Dilanian really is? Most likely he is a CIA operative directly employed by new services. He submitted drafts of his stories against policy to the CIA before publication and modified them according to CIA suggestions. Take a look: https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-tribune-dilanian-20140904-story.html https://theintercept.com/2014/09/04/former-l-times-reporter-cleared-stories-cia-publication/

This is why I refuse to contribute to Wikipedia and have zero trust in it!!!!!!!!!!!