Ever since Bob Woodward waited until the September release of his book RAGE to break the news that he first learned in February 2020 Donald Trump already knew Covid-19 was far deadlier than the flu — even as he was publicly dismissing Covid-19 as a non-issue — media critics and general readers have been increasingly questioning similar instances in which timely and relevant information is uncovered by journalists but held for publication until their books release. So it’s a potential bellwether initiative that the New York Times is more actively evaluating when and how to share and contextualize book-related reporting […]
