Late last night there were stories that Judy was finally fired...

[texpatriot2004]

does anyone know for sure? First there were reports that she was put on leave "until they could figure out what she would be working on next" then it was she was put on indefinite leave. Was she finally fired?

[NoBushSpokenHere]

1. She should of been n/t

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. At the end of her own article

she said she would be taking a vacation and hopes to return to the newsroom, which is just a polite way to say 'I'm being laid off'.

[roguevalley]

3. I think the Times is going to see how much of their butts they lose

in the coming firestorm and indictments. I don't see her ever coming back although I believe she is hoping she will. After all, "America's Newspaper" is the pinnacle I'm told.

[mzteris]

4. taking a trip to

the Big House, maybe?

Think they'll let her work on the Prison newsletter?

[DoYouEverWonder]

5. Maybe she could teach creative writing

to the other inmates.

[mzteris]

10. Very good......

:rofl:

Libby could be her guest speaker on use of imagery.

[0007]

14. Making license plates or working in the laundry room.

[Pithy Cherub]

6. Judy is going to fake a tell-all book and the NYT

wants an amicable divorce. The NYT, supposedly the paper of record, has a brand equity issue that is going to take lots and lots and lots and lots of navel-gazing before they annouce, we as a news media operation just seem not to know how to do this right. We (NYT)allow "reporters" to gratuitously lie over long periods of time because, well, we're the NYT. :eyes:


Bye, Judy Chalabi, hope to see your book in every remainder bin possible!

[rocktivity]

7. She'll "decide" to "resign" during her "indefinite leave"

during which she'll live on the "severance pay" she received in exchange for the "exclusive" she gave the NYT.

As for returning to the newsroom, Judy, your credibility has been DEAD since you were caught happily peddling Bush's WMD lies. You're better qualified to run FEMA at the moment.

:headbang:
rocknation

[goodboy]

8. She `ll go back to her main job, licking Cheney`s and Bolton`s ballz..(nt)

[napi21]

9. The story was that she has decided to take a leave of absence.

It's to start immediately. She has not decided what she wants to do in the future.

In my mind, that's no different than saying "decided to spend more time with her family", or any of the other similar excuses public figures use to cover the fact that they were asked to leave!

[sophie996]

11. of course she's going on leave

she's got that jailhouse book to write. and tomorrow has to accept an award from the Society of Professional Journalists, who seem pretty confused. more on that at http://poynter.org/forum/view_post.asp?id=10473

fire her? not likely. if she's a member of the Newspaper Guild, which seems probable, they're legally required to defend her. (much as i suspect they'd rather not.) that could mean long hearings, testimony from editors who supervised her, lots of embarrassment for all.

personally, given her "i can do anything" attitude, i'd have reassigned her a long time ago, Pulitzer or no, to something like church briefs, or the Bronx cops. the guild wouldn't have had to do anything about that. refuse the assignment? firing offense. goodbye, you're gone.

regards from a retired editor

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

16. Good insights, sophie996 n/t

[Metta]

12. I wonder if the Times knew of her contacts and backed off in fear?

Why else would they not apply the same supervision and standards as with other reporters?

[texpatriot2004]

15. Really good question.nt

[johnfunk]

13. Kneepads Judy has FOUR new top priorities:

1) Write that $1.2 MILLION tell-all... er, make that tell-some memoir, and quick, 'cause she'll need the money for
2) Paying her her lawyers in the event she's indicted for perjury and violations of the Espionage Act and
3) Meeting with her civil lawyers because it's a slam-dunk that Ambassador Joseph Wilson (and maybe the missus) are going to sue her bony ass, as they rightly should; and finally,
4) She must get back to covering "the same thing I've always covered - threats to our country" -- probably for the Moonie Times.