Miller Motive Press Censorship?

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Wednesday October 19, 2005 · 8:26 AM PDT

2005/10/19 · 08:26

From FreeMarketNews...

Disclosures about "Plamegate" Judy Miller's journalistic career continue - along with increased puzzlement over its longevity given her apparent incompetence and disappointment. But as FMNN pointed out yesterday, the recent introduction of the Press Shield bill has changed everything. Importantly, it put into context why Miller may have gone to jail. It allowed her to serve as a "martyr" - and therefore provide a real-life, suffering individual to create a wave of public sympathy that would sweep the Shield bill along.

If the above analysis is correct, then Senator Richard Lugar, Miller, the New York Times and those in the Bush administration and the State Department are orchestrating the passage of legislation that will impose on America for the first time in history the structure for out-and-out press censorship.
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If I wanted to watch CNN, I'd watch CNN

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Thursday September 01, 2005 · 5:12 PM PDT

2005/09/01 · 17:12

Never have I seen such a proliferation of "Look what I just saw on CNN!" posts. If they amounted to anything more than an iota of common sense and a pinch of outrage, I'd take the time to compile them.

I come to dKos because it is a window into a reality that I desparately seek to understand. I turned off CNN a while ago because they weren't helping much. If they are doing a bit of real news right now, great. Lets leave it at that, and maybe if you're really a big CNN fan, compile some clips and text and quotes. But wait until you have at least 3 or something... Read More

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