Journalists concerned, puzzled over Miller case

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Journalists concerned, puzzled over Miller case

By DAVID B. CARUSO
Associated Press Writer

October 1, 2005, 10:48 AM EDT


NEW YORK -- New York Times reporter Judith Miller's decision to escape jail by testifying about her conversations with a confidential source surprised some of her supporters and left journalists wondering what her choice will mean for press freedoms.

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News of her release from jail was greeted with joy by some of the organizations that had supported her, but also some dismay.

"Miller's release is obviously good news in itself," said the press freedom group Reporters Without Borders, "but she recovered her freedom in exchange for naming her source, albeit with the source's agreement, which means that the principle of the confidentiality of sources, one of the pillars of journalism, has been flouted."

Lucy Dalglish, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, praised Miller for her conduct in the case, but predicted its outcome would embolden other prosecutors to investigate press leaks, jailing reporters if necessary.

"This is very dangerous territory," she said.

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1. Allow me to fucking explain, dammit

Fitzgerald probably agreed to narrow the line of questioning to her role in the Plame affair. She almost definitely hid in prison to avoid questioning on her systematic lies in print to help her neocon friends gin up a war to stomp Hussein and help Israel.

Were she to have been questioned about all this, she would have shown herself as a liar of the soul who cynically sinned against the very heart of her profession while revealing the true evil of this administration. Had she perjured herself, she would have been found out. Had she told the truth, she would have revealed herself as a deeply unscrupulous liar in league with reckless world-conquering maniacs. Not only would her character as a "journalist" have been rightly ruined, but her life would have been in jeopardy from the neocons.

How hard is all that to understand?

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2. fuck miller and the rag she works for

they have been bush`s paid whores since 2000 and they deserve all the blame when what is left of the news media is put in chains by the neocon supreme court. the very supreme court that they were silent about when the supreme court were slowly eroding the rights of the citizens of the united states. it didn`t matter to them then and now it matters? a little to late now that the united states no longer has a freely elected government.so fuck them- fuck them all.
somehow we will still get the message out that all men and woman deserve more than what "they" want us to have. somehow the truth will always destroy the lies of those who repress us.