Judy Miller worries about blogger ethics
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.”
That’d be New York Sun freelance book critic and soi-disant First
Amendment martyr Judith Miller, who finally reveals something that’s
bigger than her ego: her sheer, balls-out chutzpah.
While she advocates a federal shield law to protect mainstream
journalists from divulging their sources, she doesn’t favor extending
that to bloggers who don’t follow the standards and ethics of the
journalism industry. Still, she wouldn’t restrict a blogger’s right
to publish online. She said some bloggers have been invaluable in
uncovering government flaws. “I’m glad to welcome them as long as
they agree to the standards,” she said.
Yeah, let’s talk about standards. Say what you will about bloggers
(unhygienic, self-centered, massively unattractive), but we can’t
think of any of them who served as administration mouthpieces and
played an active role in pushing the United States into a failed and
divisive conflict that has cost thousands of lives with no end in sight.
Okay, maybe Instapundit. Still, the point stands. Peddle that shit
elsewhere, Judy, nobody’s buying it here.
Former N.Y. Times reporter decries Bush policies [Topeka Capital- Journal] http://www.cjonline.com/stories/111106/kan_miller.shtml