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How much would you care to wager
that these "powerful people" are part of the neocon/neolib network which has
been promoting World War IV, which led the agitation for the Iraq War, and which
wittingly and deliberately traffics in Straussian disinformation, deception and
lies:
My communications with several Times
employees, past and present, depict some powerful people within the paper as
still being in denial.
William Safire and Thomas Friedman
are two key members of the network.
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Miller's Star Fades (Slightly) at 'NY
Times' |
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DoYouEverWonder 
(1000+ posts)     |
Wed Oct-08-03 06:38 PM
Original message |
| Miller's Star Fades
(Slightly) at 'NY Times' | |
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Editor and Publisher
On Sept. 29,
a remarkable story appeared on the front page of The New York
Times: "Agency Belittles Information Given by Iraqi Defectors;
Pentagon Intelligence Review Says Debriefings Provided Little
of Any Value." Far down in Douglas Jehl's report was this mea
culpa: "The Iraqi National Congress had made some ...
defectors available to ... The New York Times, which reported
their allegations about ... the country's weapons
programs."
This was a rather direct repudiation of
numerous stories written by Judith Miller in the Times for
over a year in which she relied upon the INC's Chalabi and
defectors he provided for front-page exclusives on supposed
weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq. A second front-page
Times story on Sept. 29, "New Criticism on Prewar Use of
Intelligence," gave credit to The Washington Post for breaking
the story about House Intelligence Committee complaints about
the CIA.
Has the Gray Lady finally turned the corner
and abandoned its dependence on the faulty WMD reporting of
Miller in favor of more objective journalism? Alas, this may
be as far as the Times will go in executing a critical review
of Miller's reporting on the search for WMD over the past
year. My communications with several Times employees, past and
present, depict some powerful people within the paper as still
being in denial. Their rationale is that Miller produces; and
that she is uniquely well-connected. A reluctant admirer said:
"What Miller does have is unlimited drive and energy for a
story, and fabulous sources at the upper levels of
government."
But Miller is not a neutral, nor an
objective journalist. This can be acceptable, if you're a
great reporter, "but she ain't, and that's why she's a
propagandist," stated one old Times hand to
me.
more...
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