Byron Calame, the NY Times's "public editor," has published his long-promised column on the Judith Miller affair.  By and large, I found it to be disappointing.  A while back Calame posed four important questions that he … [Read more...]

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Unfortunately, because of work commitments, I came to the Harvard Kennedy School of Government courtyard about halfway into his speech. There were a few hundred people there, I would guess. (A well-dressed and alert-looking fellow stopped … [Read more...]

The WaPo reports that, according to a FEMA staffer who was on the ground in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hit, Michael "heckuva job, Brownie" Brown was informed personally, and repeatedly, about the disaster that was … [Read more...]

Yes, THAT John Edwards.  Charley and I just spent about 15 minutes in a conference room at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government with no one but Senator Edwards and one of his staff members.  Edwards was at Harvard as part of a … [Read more...]

As is often the case when an important news story gathers intensity, there are lots of Novak-Plame-gate developments as the grand jury's expiration date of October 28 approaches.Recent stories claiming that Karl Rove falsely told President … [Read more...]

What the NYT should have written Sunday:NEW YORK -- Judith Miller, the Times reporter jailed for 85 days forrefusing to testify in the ongoing Valerie  Plame investigation, todayoffered a confused rationale for her behavior. Suspicions … [Read more...]

Once again, Tuesday's New York Times has nothing to say on Novak-Plame-gate (the "Cheney Aide" story on that page is from Monday, and has no new info), on a day when the Washington Post reports new details on special prosecutor … [Read more...]

As you will recall, the NY Times' "public editor," Byron (Barney) Calame, posted some very pointed comments in his web journal earlier this week.  He made clear that he had lots of questions for Miller and for the paper's top … [Read more...]

Reading between the lines of the volumes of punditry on The Miller Case enabled us to produce the following more straightforward report:By David Kravitz and Bob NeerSpecial to the New York TimesNEW YORK -- Judith Miller, the Times reporter … [Read more...]