Thursday, May 27, 2004



Media Watch is being closely watched

The Blog, The Press, The Media: 'Scoops' and Truth at the Times
Who's the exact opposite of Jayson Blair, the New York Times reporter accused of inventing sources and quotes, plagiarizing and other sins? Well, how about Judith Miller? Where Blair is young and black and inexperienced, a rookie journalist whose job was largely to interview ordinary people, Miller is middle-aged and white and a veteranTimes star whose job it is to interact with the best and the brightest in science, academia and government.
· She is said to have lied to her editor about the sourcing of one of her biggest "scoops" it doesn't seem all that unlikely
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