The Judith Miller Backlash

Judith Miller‘s out of prison, and everybody’s got an opinion. Jack Shafer thinks that this is a huge black eye for the rah-rah-rah-release Judy Times editorial board. Jay Rosen marvels at how Judy hijacked the entire institution for her agenda on her terms: “Notice how it affects what the New York Times, a great institution, can tell the public, and yet Judy’s decision was hers: personal when she made it (her conditions weren’t met), personal when she changed it (her conditions were met.)”