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From the Firedoglake post:
"One correction, though: the MBA did NOT negotiate our media passes. We have been working on getting passes for this trial from the moment Libby was indicted. Jane and I made calls to the courthouse, e-mailed, wrote letters, and worked on getting credentialed from very early on. To emphasize our commitment to doing serious coverage, we enlisted the help of Arianna, whose Huffington Post name was more recognizable than FDL to folks not familiar with how blogs had been covering this investigation. But the gaining of our three media passes? That was OUR work. And it was our consistent work on this case — for years — that got us the passes, and not anyone from the outside. I don't want to get into a pissing contest with some other blog group because, frankly, I've got better things to do with my time this morning, but I wanted to be clear on that point — we worked our butts off to get credentialed for this case, and we were credentialed early. Mr. Shane may have misunderstood on that point, so I wanted to make that perfectly clear."
BTW, I sent in my request for a correction to the Times. I was very polite!