NY Times publishes Darren Wilson’s home address

The New York Times has always been considered the top of the mountain on the journalism front. Now in existence for 163 years and having won 114 Pulitzers since 1918, its power is unmatched by any other print publication.

But as Voltaire once wrote, and uncle Ben Parker later said, “With great power comes great responsibility.” And the Times really blew the last part of the previous sentence is spectacularly bad fashion recently. As you may have heard by now, the Old Gray Lady felt it pertinent to publish the street of Officer Darren Wilson’s home, which is totally relevant to the grand jury decision announced on Monday. The paper also proceeded to offer up Wilson’s marriage license, which happened to include the name of his wife, a fellow officer. Here’s how the Times printed this information (with street name and town redacted by Mediaite):

Officer Wilson and [his wife] own a home together on XXXXXXXX Lane in XXXXXXXXXX, Mo., a St. Louis suburb about a half-hour drive from Ferguson.

Regardless of your thoughts on Wilson’s guilt or innocence, how can anyone believe providing his street and name of his wife be anything but irresponsible? Still, the half-hour drive info is a nice touch in case bus fare needs to be worked out beforehand.

Execrable.

More at Mediaite

Wilson’s address was outed by:

New York Times reporters Julie Bosman and Campbell Robertson published the address of Darren Wilson in the New York Times so here are their addresses.

…It would be wrong, for example, to publish Bosman’s address at

5620 N WAYNE AVE APT 2
CHICAGO, IL 60660-4204
COOK COUNTY

It would be similarly wrong to publish the address of Robertson, too.

1113 N DUPRE ST
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70119-3203
ORLEANS COUNTY