Judith Miller: a case study

Theories & Links

The Top Nine Plamegate Lies...As the possibility of high-level indictments increases, the misinformation battle intensifies; get the truth behind the major falsehoods. Good dissection of some tricky issues with lots of links by Josh Kalven, Media Matters for America.

Free press code often requires some sacrifice...As Judith Miller of The New York Times begins four months in jail for contempt of court, journalists in this country are divided into two camps:Those whose promises to their sources are dependent on the willingness of government and the courts to respect them, and those whose promises can be trusted. Those -- like Miller -- who will to go to jail to protect their integrity, and those who won't.

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Judith Miller: A Case Study

Students in this course will be conducting a case study of the former New York Times reporter, Judith Miller's relationship with her sources as reflected in both her WMD reporting and her decisions regarding testifying before the Fitzgerald inquiry.

I have put key resources in each section which will form the basis of the enquiry.

At the end of the course this site will go live with a detailed set of stories in each category.