Judith Miller Almost Keeps a Straight Face While Questioning Blogger Ethics
"I'm worried about bloggers," she said. "(A post) starts as a rumor and within 24 hours it's repeated as fact."
Judith Miller: The Bigger They Are, the Harder They Fall
So. You are a disgraced New York Times reporter whose bid at martyrdom failed after everyone realized that, actually, you might have led the U.S. into war. Oops!
Judith Miller Thanks You for Your Righteous Adulation of Judith Miller
Apparently missing the sweet taste of martyrdom's liqueur, former New York Times reporter, WMD confabulist, and leak-protecting jailbird Judith Miller sent out a letter to 600 friends thanking them for their support during her time in the clink. Naturally, by "thank," Judy means, "how wise you were to agree with…
Media Bubble: 'Times' Pays Off Wen Ho Lee
• Five news orgs — including NYT — pay Wen Ho Lee $750,000 to settle his case. Which seems not a not entirely unreasonable amount after mistakenly being labled a nuclear spy. [NYT]
• CBS News Iraq reporter Kim Dozier now off respirator, breathing on her own. [CBSNews.com]
• Charlie Gibson thinks New York's Joe Hagan…
Judith Miller Finally Finds Forum Appropriate To Her Talents
Where's a reporter with no credibility and a reputation for being an administration mouthpiece to go once she's been drummed out of her former place of employ for practicing some of the most sloppy, credulous, bordering-on-disingenuous journalism that said employer has even seen, even considering the fact that it…
'Sun' Reports Bush OK'd 'Times' Leak; Drudge Promptly Kills 'Sun'
Today in Holy Shit: The New York Sun reports that Vice-President Cheney's former chief of staff, Scooter Libby, told a grand jury that an Iraq intelligence leak to the Times was authorized by none other than President Bush himself. Not that this surpises us — someone's got to get the press behind this war, and nothing…
TK in Judy: The Canada Edition (Or, TK in Canada: The American Chicks Invade Halifax Edition)
Because we'd hate to disappoint George Clooney's publicist by not giving you the chance to locate and physically harm famous people, we thought we'd pass along this exciting report from Gawker's northernmost correspondent:
Gold-Star Gabe Sherman Reports: Judy's On Muammar
The Observer's aggressively bespectacled Gabe Sherman wins the Gawky gold star for delivering the answer we've been looking for: The piece Judy Miller is working on for The Atlantic is about Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi. It was assigned months ago, Sherman reports, before James Bennet was named editor, and it's…
Media Questions Answered: 'Celeb Living' Lives; 'Atlantic' Editor Has a Phone
We're totally digging this we-ask-you-answer thing. Today brings answers to two more of our outstanding queries. Outstanding!
Breaking Rumor Confirmed: Judy Is Writing for 'The Atlantic.' But About What?
Lately we've been kind of into this whole ask-for-things idea. (It's new for us, and apparently it works.) So yesterday we reported the rumor that Judy Miller is working on a piece for The Atlantic, and we asked for your help. "Anyone have more confirmation that Judy's working for The Atlantic?" we queried. "On…
Breaking Rumor: Is Judy Writing for 'The Atlantic'?
Last we heard from Judy Miller — or, at least, the last time we were paying attention to Judy Miller — she was skulking away from the Times and promising, in her negotiated farewell letter to the editor, to continue fighting for truth, justice, and the American way. "In my future writing," she vowed, "I intend to…
Media Bubble: Oh, We're So Sorry, Judy
• Judy Miller finally figured out why her Times career went to hell: It was the bloggers' fault. Of course it was. [Slate]
• Six weeks later, ABC anchor Bob Woodruff is released from the hospital to continue his rehabilitation elsewhere. [ABCNews]
• And 18 months later, NYT researcher Zhao Yan is released from prison…
Media Bubble: It's Judy Miller Time Again
• More subpoenas for the Times and Judy Miller, this time from Scooter Libby. Fun! [NYT]
• Times reporters win $25k Harvard prize for domestic-spying story. But, of course, the Bushies already knew that. [E&P]
• Newspapers are not, in fact, dying. Apparently it only seems that way. [WSJ]
• Advertisers hate men. […
Media Bubble: Si Newhouse Loves All His Children Equally
• As Fairchild is integrated into Conde Nast, portraits of the Fairchilds go, a fancy cafeteria arrives, and garlic is banned. [NYO]
• Absolute mag might live again, that to Realtor William B. May. At the very least, the already-completed next issue will be distributed. Oh, and that trademark thing the Post was all…
Judy's Got a Brand New Bag
No, no, it's a different one. And: Yes, yes, it must suck for her these days.
Media Bubble: Bob Schieffer Sings Kumbaya to CBS Newsies
• Who'd have thunk it? CBS Evening News sees rising ratings, happy staff. [LAT]
• The newsweeklies are cutting their overseas bureaus and — stop the presses! — media do-gooder types think this is bad. [IHT]
• Judy Miller's tough post-Times life: Joining David Brooks on a panel at the Four Seasons in Palm Beach. [South…
Media Bubble: 'State of War,' What Is It Good For?
• James Risen's State of War — the impending publication of which forced the Times to finally publish the domestic-spying story — also makes Judy Miller's WMD excuses fall apart. [NYO]
• Still, the domestic-spying articles were better than the book is, says Jack Shafer. [Slate]
• Lunatic talking head Bill O'Reilly…
Gawker Stalker: Judy Miller Takes the R Train
Judith Miller, dressed for an arctic expedition, on the subway to Times Square yesterday afternoon, when the high temperature was 50 degrees. "My sources told me it would be very cold," Miller explained later. "And I still believe they might be proved right."
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Mr. Fed-Ex just came by with the most fantastic Christmas holiday gift from our friends at The Smoking Gun: a tasty bottle of Valerie Flame Hot Sauce (click to enlarge).
