Few tales in American journalism offer such rich, potent, and timeless lessons as that of the New York Times' censoring itself in the run-up to the Bay of Pigs invasion 50 years ago this month.
Had the Times reported all it knew about the planned assault on Fidel Castro's Cuba, had the Times not held back, the ill-fated invasion may well have been called off and the United States would have been spared an acute foreign policy reversal.
Or so the media myth has it.
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