Judith Miller proves that irony is dead
Thanks to the writers at Think Progess, I came across this brilliant quote from former New York Times reporter Judith Miller, who said (during a speech at Kansas State University) about bloggers:
“(A post) starts as a rumor and within 24 hours it’s repeated as fact.” Miller said blogs “don’t post corrections when they learn that what they have posted is wrong,” but added that she was “glad to welcome them as long as they agree to the standards.”
As everyone from New York magazine, Gawker and Huffington Post’s Eat The Press have pointed out, Judith is perhaps best known for helping the Bush administration make its case for invading Iraq by using poorly-sourced rumours and questionable information as the foundation for stories in the New York Times.
Pot, meet kettle.
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