NYPD ♥ bloggers

By Joshua Benton @jbenton Jan. 12, 2009, 2:42 p.m.

Remember that dispute in New York, where the NYPD was debating whether to give official credentials to a few bloggers? They got ’em.

Joshua Benton is the senior writer and former director of Nieman Lab. You can reach him via email (joshua_benton@harvard.edu) or Twitter DM (@jbenton).

POSTED Jan. 12, 2009, 2:42 p.m.

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