Judith Miller HAS named sources in the past

[StefanX]

Don't believe Judith Miller when she says she has a principle of never naming her source. She's lying, as usual.

http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/media/features/9226/index2.html

"When there is trouble, it appears she’s more than happy to pass around the responsibility. One incident that still rankles happened last April, when Miller co-bylined a story with Douglas Jehl on the WMD search that included a quote from Amy Smithson, an analyst formerly at the Henry L. Stimson Center. A day after it appeared, the Times learned that the quote was deeply problematic. To begin with, it had been supplied to Miller in an e-mail that began, "Briefly and on background" -- a condition that Miller had flatly broken by naming her source. Miller committed a further offense by paraphrasing the quote and distorting Smithson's analysis. One person who viewed the e-mail says that it attributed views to Smithson that she clearly didn’t hold. An embarrassing correction ensued. "

[Straight Shooter]

1. Color me NOT surprised.

Novak the Rovak did the same thing, IIRC.

[seemslikeadream]

2. Thanks

[jrthin]

3. Maybe we should

email this to the NYTimes, her supporters.

[MasonJar]

4. I think that she is in this up to her skinny neck and doesn't want

to testify under oath.

[biscotti]

7. My thoughts exactly

She doesn't want to under oath in case one question leads to another, then another. The leaker could be the tip of the iceberg.

[eleny]

5. What a creep

I hope she enjoyed her dinner swill tonight.

[wurzel]

6. Yet media still pretends this is about protecting "whistleblowers".

The idiots on "Washington Weak" were unbelievable.

[Disturbed]

8. I wouldn't do it but..

I'd like to slap that stupid grin off of her face.

She is a slimy presstitute that helped the Bush Regime dupe the Amerikan people into the illegal Invasion of Iraq in my view. She has blood on her hands.

[burrowowl]

19. Love PRESSITUTE!

good find!

[ConfuZed]

9. kick

:kick:

[pa28]

10. Kicked and nominated

Why the sudden obsession with protecting her source even though a felony was committed?

[emulatorloo]

11. dunno - cash payoff from Texas coming her way? EOM and KICKING!!!!

[annabanana]

14. maybe afraid?

What if she heard it straight from Cheney?.. It would be very hard to cross him personally, I'll bet..

[annabanana]

13. "co-conspirator" is the term

for her..
nothing noble in it..
I wish she'd get called on it...

[rucky]

12. also Ahmed Chalabi n/t

[TacticalPeek]

15. Kick.

:kick:

[Eric J in MN]

16. Thanks. It's about protecting the Bush Admin., no greater principle. nt

nt

[jazzjunkysue]

21. and the same reason we won't prosecute Hussein: Coverup the truth

[TalkingDog]

17. I agree with the assertion that she's on the take from the WH

Just like all those other unbiased "journalists". NYT had better watch out. If it comes to light that their heroine has been paid large sums of money to spout the party line, they will lose what credibility they have.

Somebody with better writing skills than me should pen a note to the editor and owner to let them know that "there's rumours on the Interets" that need to be addressed if they want to maintain any veneer of respectability.

[goodboy]

18. crooks typically do NOT talk when they know they're busted.

[SmokingJacket]

20. Yeah, this is not about just any source. It's about THIS source. nt

[zara]

22. gosh if this is true, shouldn't the prosecutor being telling this..

to the judge?