(Judith) Miller: Feds Should Better Protect Journalists and Their Sources

[sabra]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,175826,00.html

Miller: Feds Should Better Protect Journalists and Their Sources


NEW YORK — On the day Washington Post editor Bob Woodward disclosed that I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby wasn’t the first Bush administration official to reveal the secret identity of a CIA operative, the former New York Times reporter once at the center of the leak case continued to push for a shield law protecting journalists and their sources.

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“I think we are in need of a federal shield law to protect the relationship between journalists and sources,” Miller told the conference, held by the Web log network Open Source Media . “I went to jail over the source of a story I never wrote.”

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Scrutiny of the mainstream media's work is important, Miller told FOXNews.com after her speech, but "not transparency when it comes to who your sources are.

"In investigative reporting, you cannot get around the use of anonymous sources. But you see if other people will go on the record with that same information," she said. "The whole purpose of getting news out depends on your sources."

[Kagemusha]

1. Why do we need a shield law so reporters can refuse to report news?

That's what I want to know.

[stepnw1f]

2. Only If the Sources are Whistleblowers

trying to make the public aware of government or corporate wrong doing. Sorry, fasci-doll, but you aint protecting a whistleblower. You are protecting a crime and its criminals. And fuck you for calling the public stupid, traitor!

[Catch22Dem]

3. If a source is breaking the law

They should get no protection. If the source is ratting on someone ELSE who is breaking the law, I think they should be afforded protection. In other words, I'd support protection for Libby to bring down Rove, Cheney, or Bush.

[punpirate]

4. Judy, just save it for your...

... tell-all book. We know you like writing fiction.

[Geek_Girl]

5. They need a shield law to protect

Propagandist and political operatives posing as journalist.

[Just Me]

6. I must disagree, Judith. If you are a mouthpiece for those,....

,...conspiring to betray and lie and mislead the entire nation, WHICH IS FRAUD, you should NEVER EVER GET PROTECTION BECAUSE YOUR DAMN JOB IS TO DELIVER THE TRUTH, THE TRUTH, THE TRUTH!!!

YOU DISHONORABLE BITCH, YOU!!!!

[Neil Lisst]

7. we need a law to make it illegal for journalists to work secretly ..

... for the White House.

[Burried News]

8. The whore of Babylon still prancing like she is Joan of Arc.

Still spinning after all these years.

[mitchum]

14. That is beautifully phrased (and very apt)

well done :)

[cantstandbush]

9. What if the sources are liars? Shouldn't there be a truth test.

If your source told a lie, no anonymity.

[cantstandbush]

10. Protect soureces? How many journalists did we kill in Iraq? n/t

[Catrina]

11. The American people need a shield

law to protect them from propagandists like Judith Miller ~

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

12. Yes. Instead of a "Shield Law" we need a "Shill Law."

[mitchum]

13. Cry me a fucking river, shill

[GL1]

15. These goddam journalists think they're so important

I am sick of phrases like "protecting sources", "freedom of the press" and all the rest of that crap. These are men and women with a larger responsibility than protecting the privacy of their sources.

If top Bush administration officials were "leaking" Valerie Plame's name to them, why in gods name didn't they write the real story:

Bush wants a war and will do anything to get it

These journalists were first hand witnesses to this indisputable fact.

Stupid fuckers.

[EMAN51]

16. Journalists should do a better job of informing the public

and not be a willing tool to spread the bogus propaganda of the administration to make one look like a brilliant writer with great inside information.
Also, if your source is breaking the law by telling the information (as opposed to identifying unlawful conduct of others) it should have absolutely no protection as the reporter is the witness to the crime.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

17. Let's talk about needs

America needs journalist, not snake oil salesmen for the WH. We need unbiased investigative reporting and an honest free press. We need a media that's not afraid to tell the people the ugly unvarnished truth. We need integrity and honesty from our media if we're going to survive as a nation. Ms Miller, I think our needs trump yours. Be gone you vile blemish on the ass of America.

It's good to see Miller is the golden girl of FOX now, she just seems to fit there, don't ya think?

[LiviaOlivia]

18. Open Source Media=Pajamas Media=wingnuts

It's fitting that the Queen of Iraq speaks to this group. And what a name they have picked for themselves,"Open Source Media" in the tradition of NCLB and Clear Skies.

Why does Corn associate with this group? Faux News now this?


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November 16, 2005
Vaporware

Pajamas Media has launched under a new moniker, Open Source Media, or in their officially-sanctioned shorthand OSM™. Yes, the trademark symbol is part of the abbreviation to remind people that they're not that "open source".

~snip~

http://www.thetalentshow.org/archives/002201.html


New Blog Venture Unveils All-Star Contributors, Prepares for November Debut

Pajamas Media confirms "Instapundit" Glenn Reynolds, CNBC's Larry Kudlow, Michael Barone, David Corn, and Claudia Rosett among Editorial Board Members

http://pajamasmedia.com/pj-pressroom.php

OSM Editorial Advisory Board


OSM Editorial Advisory Board

Glenn Reynolds, Chair

Michael Barone

Austin Bay

Adam Bellow

Tim Blair

Tammy Bruce

Marc Cooper

David Corn

Richard Fernandez

Jose Guardia

Jane Hall

Larry Kudlow

Michael Ledeen

Clifford May

John Podhoretz

Claudia Rosett

Mark Steyn

http://www.osm.org/site/articles/editboardmain/
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see also: http://www.dailykos.com/tag/pajamas%20media

[mmonk]

19. We don't need a shield law

when we don't have any investigative reporters nor a true free press.

[shance]

20. Judith is not a journalist. She's a hired spook and war promoter.

n/t