Romenesko

Boston Phoenix
Harvey Silverglate on the Times and the Page Six scandal: "The real story here is the collaboration of the businessman, his private henchmen, and their federal prosecutor and FBI allies to try to set up a sleazy but not criminal gossip columnist for a federal bust," he writes. "They failed to euchre [Jared Paul] Stern, but they seem to have succeeded with the Times. Whether the feds decide to bring criminal charges will likely depend on whether they feel they can spin the encounters much as Burkle’s team spun the scenario to the Times."