Friday, October 14, 2005

The Times They Are A'Changing (just not very fast)

Arianna, over at Huffington Post, has a nice view on the goings on at the NYTimes over the Miller fiasco. I'm not keyed into the news biz enough to have any real insight, but the situation at the times seems dire. This is obviously bigger and badder than the Jayson Blair incident (hey, Jayson's false reporting didn't get people killed; Miller's propaganda for the war DID!), but the Times seems even less willing to confront it than they did then.

I thought putting Miller in jail for not revealing sources was heinous, although I wasn't that upset that she was in jail. That was deserved for the false and misleading WMD coverage. The hasty change of mind that got her out, the mysterious notebook appearance, and the recall to the grand jury make her look much more like a co-conspirator than an objective, neutral observer.

Like the Bush White House coming apart at the seams, this is going to be interesting to watch in the days that come. Whether or not the NYT can recover and retain it's preeminence as the Paper of Record, we shall see.

Edit: Late Update from Arianna on the NYT's self-reportage.

Edit to the Edit: ANOTHER update from Arianna (slow down, girl, you're working too hard!) on the promised Sunday 'tell-all' and what lil Judy is up to (turns out she's gonna be blocks from me all weekend. And me without a cream pie!!)

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