New York Times Columnist Judith Miller - Pulitzer for Fiction
How unfortunate that New York Times columnist Judith Miller is in prison - for the wrong reasons. See the excellent article by Rosa Brooks that appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle.
Martyrdom for Judith Miller misses the point
Rosa Brooks
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
In the midst of the media's love-fest for Judith Miller, First Amendment Martyr, it's easy to forget that Miller's questionable journalistic ethics left her in the doghouse only a year ago.
It was Miller, more than any other reporter, who helped the White House sell its weapons-of-mass-destruction-in-Iraq hokum to the American public. Relying on the repeatedly discredited Ahmad Chalabi and her carefully cultivated administration contacts, Miller wrote story after story on the supposedly imminent threat posed by Saddam Hussein.....
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=
/chronicle/archive/2005/07/12/EDG8NDMB451.DTL
Martyrdom for Judith Miller misses the point
Rosa Brooks
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
In the midst of the media's love-fest for Judith Miller, First Amendment Martyr, it's easy to forget that Miller's questionable journalistic ethics left her in the doghouse only a year ago.
It was Miller, more than any other reporter, who helped the White House sell its weapons-of-mass-destruction-in-Iraq hokum to the American public. Relying on the repeatedly discredited Ahmad Chalabi and her carefully cultivated administration contacts, Miller wrote story after story on the supposedly imminent threat posed by Saddam Hussein.....
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=
/chronicle/archive/2005/07/12/EDG8NDMB451.DTL
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