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Judy Miller, Movie Hero
Attention Americans, it's almost time to travel to your local movie theater to take in Nothing But the Truth, the ironically-titled Hollywood dramatization of the Judy Miller story! Miller, the former NYT correspondent (now with Fox!) who went to jail unnecessarily to protect Scooter Libby's right to plant fake stories with her concerning nonexistent Iraqi WMDs, is reportedly pleased with the film because it captures the "moral ambiguity" of her situation. It did so by casting Kate Beckinsale as (the much older) Miller, then "dramatizing" the story in order to make her a heroic, martyred "devoted mother of a seven-year-old" who "faces starker physical and personal consequences in jail." So, just how Judith Miller sees herself! Click through to watch two clips, exclusively featuring people who are far too attractive to be journalists: More » -
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Hero Journo Joins Fox!
Hooray for Judith Miller! After years in the wilderness, she's finally come home. The former star New York Times national security correspondent is heading to Fox News as an on-air analyst and general sad embarrassment. Miller became famous when she went to jail in a grandstanding stunt because she refused to admit that her secret source was Scooter Libby even though Libby had signed a waiver authorizing her to testify about their conversations and then there was some poetry exchanged and eventually she quit the Times in disgrace and they wrote a caged Editors Note about how she lied, incessantly, in the run-up to the war in Iraq, which was sold to Americans using bullshit planted in her articles by people from the office of the Vice President and then cited by Vice President Cheney. In other words, no one likes her. So now she's going to be on Fox in their new glorious Democrats-are-in-charge-again rebirth as the loyal opposition to the terrorists who will run the country in 2009. They are sooo lucky to have her! More » -
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Montauk Monster In Secret Mutant Army?
Ken Layne over at Wonkette has done some heroic digging into Plum Island, the Department of Homeland Security-run animal horror lab suspiciously close not only to Montauk, where our friend Monty washed ashore, but to a long string of terrifying outbreaks and hybrid animal attacks. We knew from the start of the Montauk Monster mystery that Plum Island was at the center of various conspiracy theories, but when one looks at the entire awful history in one blog post, one must inevitably conclude that, despite its shifty and inconsistent denials, the federal government is assembling there a fearsome monster army that, if left unchecked, will someday slaughter us while we sleep.
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Judith Miller Re-Enlists
In perfect sync with some apparently genuine positive news out of Iraq, Judith Miller is yet again delivering spoonfed reports on America's glorious strategy there, just as she did before she was disgraced at the Times. It seems we are finally being greeted as liberators — within the massive prison camps we have constructed. Miller, now employed by the neocons at the Manhattan Institute, reports in Reader's Digest that Iraq's "Camp Bucca" has been transformed from a riot zone into a super-empowering bakery, gym and mini-University, except for the 20 percent of prisoners sent to some sort of inner prison too terrifying to detail: More » -
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CIA Subpoenas 'NYT' Reporter Not Named Judy
Oh come on now, again? The CIA has subpoenaed Pulitzer-winning New York Times reporter James Risen, to get the name of a source from the journalist's blockbuster 2006 book State of War, in which he disclosed all sorts of things about U.S. intelligence shenanigans and said some mean things about President Bush. Maybe Risen can get some fashion tips from his former colleague, Judith Miller—it's so hard these days to figure out what goes with a public stockade. -
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Everyone say happy birthday to your favorite contempt-of-court correspondent! Judith Miller is 59 today. Girlfriend looks pretty good for being that close to collecting Social Security, but it's probably just that permanent emollient the White House doles out to those willing to dispense with their pesky journalistic standards to advance the administration's political agenda. In fact, the only person left to trust, really, is Helen Thomas—now there's a reporter who hasn't accepted any Botox bribes. You can send Judy birthday greetings at judymillerfreespeech@yahoo.com. No, really.
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frivolity
What Does Judy Miller Know About Barry Bonds' Secret Meeting At The Steak 'n Shake?
Remember Jonathan Lee Riches, the guy suing Michael Vick for $63,000,000,000 billion? He's got an even better lawsuit! This one's against Barry Bonds, baseball commissioner Bud Selig, and "Hank Aaron's bat." But there's more! More » -
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Media Bubble: "Hey, It's Scooter. You Know That Plame Chick? CIA."
- Scooter Libby would call Judy Miller at all hours just to tell her that Valerie Plame worked for the CIA. [WaPo]
- Man wins internal award at company meeting. [WWD]
- The Times wasn't looking to replace Phil Taubman, but, you know, Dean Baquet was available. [NYO]
- Jon Friedman takes a look at the Maria Bartiromo story. His conclusions may surprise you. Nah, we're just kidding, it's the same conventional wisdom you've seen everywhere else. [Marketwatch]
- Times takes a big hit on Boston Globe. [NYT]
- Don't look back, Greta Van Sustern; you'll see Anderson Cooper behind you. Insert your own joke here. [TVNewser]
- New York magazine might move to SoHo. [WWD]
- Scooter Libby would call Judy Miller at all hours just to tell her that Valerie Plame worked for the CIA. [WaPo]
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Media Bubble: MTV Viewers Smarter Than We Thought
- Nobody watched "I'm From Rolling Stone." [WWD]
- Google in a deal with CBS; don't get too excited, it's just radio for now. [MDN]
- Fox News: Ted Kennedy is a "hostile enemy" of the United States. [ThinkProgress]
- Some lady from the BBC named Managing Editor at HuffPo. No word on whether or not she's got a qualified rack. [Romenesko]
- Doug Brod named editor at Spin. [WWD]
- Judy Miller: fans in high places. [NYS]
- Blind Item: What scribe from a media-centric weekly publication was gatecrashed while covering a gossip columnist's birthday fiesta? It's not really daily news that sometimes people have to wait in line for the bathroom, but we hear that this journalist was observed over the transom trying to avoid the line by urinating off of the fire escape. The none-too-pleased host was concerned for his neighbors down under, and chided the young reporter until he turned pink-sheeted with embarrassment. [NYO, second item, "Ben Widdicombe Loves Weiners, Especially the One I Whipped Out On His Fire Escape"] More »
- Nobody watched "I'm From Rolling Stone." [WWD]
