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But the problem here is bigger than this excerpt. Reading through the complete "story", this is a very poorly written article. For one, the fact that The Intercept is the apparent source isn't stated until deep into the article in the 15th paragraph. It should have been the first paragraph. That's one of the first things you learn in journalism school.

But the full story in the Intercept also leaves out a very important fact. As a New York Times story reported in the following paragraph:

In other words, the Times didn't condone his "journalism." They fired him. As they should have. And Thomas' firing was well-deserved. However, The Intercept seemed a little too quick to condemn the Times when they couldn't even get the full story straight.