The Times of Judy Miller

Newsweek runs a story this week on the Miller/Times contretemps that bears reading. Miller does not come off well, even in a semi-compassionate piece.

[T]he paper went on to run a devastating account of her testimony that made her look less like a crusading journalist than an administration plant.

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Now many Times staffers are out for blood. At a contentious meeting in the paper's Washington bureau last week, some reporters and editors demanded Miller's dismissal. In private, some staffers argued the paper had to do more—sacking Keller or even somehow punishing Sulzberger, whose family controls the Times. "Judy took advantage of her relationship with the publisher," said one Times staffer who asked not to be identified because he feared losing his job. "The publisher should pay the price." (A Times spokesman declined to comment.)

Maureen Dowd, in her piece yesterday, hidden behind the TimesSelect wall, with a smile on her face, pretty much eviscerated Miller for both the Plame-gate and WMD affairs. I doubt Judy will be back 'on the beat' for the Times, despite her intentions. There's too much bad blood (and bad reporting on her part) to make that possible.

Goodbye NY TImes, hello Sag Harbor Gazette?