On a light, but happy, news note from:
E&P - Writers Group Won't Give Judith Miller 'Conscience in Media' Award After All
Awwwww...no new award for poor, long-suffering, Judith Miller? What will this setback do to her resume? Oh, what will she do - what will she do?
Damn, fickle, independent journalists!
Heh.
Tough toots Judy - but look at it this way, at least you don't have to worry about what wall to place the award on. Hope you're having an enjoyable stay. And with luck, maybe you'll get to extend your visit? Now wouldn't that be nice?
NEW YORK The board of The American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) has voted unanimously to reverse an earlier decision to give its annual Conscience in Media award to jailed New York Times reporter Judith Miller, E&P has learned.
The group's First Amendment committee had narrowly voted to give Miller the prize for her dedication to protecting sources, but the full board has now voted to overturn that decision, based on its opinion that her entire career, and even her current actions in the Plame/CIA leak case, cast doubt on her credentials for this award. [...]
The American Society of Journalists and Authors is a 50-year-old group of some 1,100 non-fiction independent writers. The earlier vote by its First Amendment committee had already prompted at least one member [Anita Bartholomew] of that panel to quit her position.
Ain't life a bitch?