Ken Silverstein of Harpers explains why he didn’t run the Foley story months ago.

But interestingly enough, we should consider the reaction of several lefty websites.

Among those who received information about the story but declined to pursue it were liberal outlets such as Talkingpointsmemo.com, Americablog.com, and The New Republic (The Hill, Roll Call, and Time magazine also had the Foley story, though I'm not certain when it came to their attention.).

Excuse me – these reliably liberal websites and publications knew about the story but didn’t see fit to go public? Weren’t Josh Marshal and John Aravosis sufficiently concerned about the safety of the pages to publish the information on their site – or to turn the material over to the police or FBI? Shouldn’t they have known that these emails indicated serious predatory behavior? Or did they simply see emails that were creepy, inappropriate, and unprofessional, but not really indicative of anything more?

Or do they hold themselves to lower standards than they hold the House leadership?