F*CKING RIGHT

JUST WHEN I THOUGHT she was out, she pulls me back in.  Relentless and righteous Judy Miller rifles shots back at Dowd and more in the latest Star “reporter” Wars episode Return to the King [story]

Appearing for a full hour on CNN's Larry King Live Thursday night, Judith Miller defended herself from criticism for her role in the Plame/CIA leak case and her flawed reporting on WMD in Iraq, but would not discuss Scooter Libby. The former New York Times reporter claimed that she had "never" used Ahmad Chalabi as an anonymous source. She also declared, "I did not use The New York Times to lobby for the Iraq war -- it would have been inappropriate." . . .

MILLER JUST TRASHED the whole idea of “reporting” and doesn’t realize it.  Andrea Mitchell can breathe easier as the Diva of Disinformation TM again sings the awful lead aria in the dope opera Guess Who’s Embedded with Who?

Unlike some people, Miller said, she holds on to a “quaint” standard that "you don't trash colleagues, and you don't trash the institution you're working for." Later she said in years past she could not recall “a single columnist who ever attacked a colleague.” She also revealed, however, that Dowd had visited her in jail.

THE LIKES OF BILL O’REILLY can contemplate two women . . . in  . . . a . . . jail . . . both fighting . . . for something . . . something Judy has . . . so desperately . . . wanted . . . and needed . . . First Amendment now, First Amendment tomorrow, First Amendment forever.  Or maybe some cheap girl girl on girl . . . talk.

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First Aid for First Amendment

I would like to see this type of Press Release ASAP as a temporary solution pending the passage of an effective journalistic shield law:

Judith Miller’s Lament:

“On July 6, I chose to go to jail to defend my right as a journalist to protect a confidential source, the same right that enables lawyers to grant confidentiality to their clients, clergy to their parishioners, and physicians and psychotherapists to their patients.”

Inspired by the eloquent words and cogent ideas expressed by Judith Miller in her resignation letter, the New York Times announced today that they have entered into secret negotiations with a yet to be named national counseling service. Through a well-established network of neighborhood treatment centers and other outpatient facilities, the service has established an effective national presence in the behavioral health care marketplace. Volunteers at each facility will receive 8-week courses in journalism. Once trained, this dual duty cadre will be available to see whistle blowers and other unnamed sources who wish to leak important facts to the press. The conversations will be protected by the psychotherapist/patient relationship and will avoid any First Amendment conflicts. Besides saving the paper millions in insurance and legal expenses, this project will provide free counseling to those leaking as they deal with the anxiety of testifying before future grand juries. Individuals close to the talks say NYT will conduct a campaign asking their readers to suggest names for this new entity. Got any ideas?

In an unrelated story, the parent company of the unnamed national counseling service plans to establish a series of self-help urgent care centers in major U.S. cities. Each site will stock an abundant inventory of self-help publications and medical supplies and will be called “Suture Self