Miller and NY Times may be parting

[tulsakatz]

New York Times reporter Judith Miller has begun discussing her future employment options with the newspaper, including the possibility of a severance package, a lawyer familiar with the matter, said yesterday.

The discussion about her future comes several days after the public rupture of the relationship between the Times and Ms. Miller, a 28-year veteran of the paper. Both the editor and the publisher of the Times have expressed regret for their unequivocal support for Ms. Miller when she spent 85 days in jail for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury investigating the unmasking of a Central Intelligence Agency operative.

The negotiations began with a face-to-face meeting Monday morning between Ms. Miller and the publisher, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., said the lawyer familiar with the situation. A spokeswoman for the New York Times declined to comment. Ms. Miller didn't return calls.

Mr. Sulzberger and New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller both indicated they wished they had known more about the circumstances that led Ms. Miller to go to jail rather than reveal who told her the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson. She later agreed to testify when one of her sources, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, gave her a personal waiver to do so.


http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/102605Q.shtml

[oasis]

1. Not to worry Judy, Rupert Murdoch has your desk waiting at the NY Post.

You will be welcomed with open arms to wallow in the bullshit with his journalist wannabes.

[tularetom]

3. You're probably right.

She's way too fugly to wind up on Faux.

[longship]

2. If I were Sulzberger...

Good morning, Ms. Miller.

No, don't bother sitting down. What I have to say to you is quite brief.

Judy, you have a half hour to clean out your desk and exit the building. This security person will escort you to your office to accomplish that task.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Good bye, and good luck to you.