Arthur Sulzberger on Charlie Rose
Drudge Report has some excerpts of Arthur Sulzberger from the NYTimes discusing the Judith Miller situation on Charlie Rose.
As Talking Points Memo points out today:
He really doesn’t get it, does he? Sure, Jayson Blair’s transgressions were open-and-shut journalistic capital offenses. No question it was terrible and that his career was over. But, honestly, what were the real world consequences of his misdeeds? Pretty minimal. And the Miller fiasco? Well, yes, more complicated. But the real world consequences? Immeasurably greater. And the paper’s dragged out, compromised way of dealing with the whole mess? He really doesn’t seem to grasp what happened.
Once again it seems that people involved are not realizing the implications of this “technicality.” Is it because it’s been 5 years of an administration that hasn’t been held accountable for any of their actions that has made us all say, “ah well, it’s no big thing?” Is it because there are really dire consequences to the definition of our country’s values and beliefs that there is an avoidance of how important it is, and thereby making it just go away?
