A journalism conference held at UC Berkeley this week looked at how pre-war reporting was slanted by journalist's fear of seeming to be unpatriotic and of Bush's
" punitive government".
The Washington Post and the NY Times received special attention for their cowardice, with Judith Miller getting prominent mention.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/2004/mar/20/032003575.html
"The press did not do their job," said Michael Massing, who wrote an article in the New York Review of Books that found The New York Times and The Washington Post particularly at fault."
It's not like Christiane Amanpour didn't tell us this six months ago. Of course, she cought a raft of doodie from her CNN bosses for saying it.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/columnist/mediamix/2003-09-14-media-mix_x.htm