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Miller, Sulzberger and Kovac

Arianna's latest piece on Judith Miller is up - she says New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger, a staunch defender of Miller, is angry at Bill Kovac, who has been critical of her. Arianna wonders, "has the Times learned any lessons from the Howell Raines reign?"

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    Re: Miller, Sulzberger and Kovac (none / 0) (#1)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:02:28 PM EST
    I am a NYT reader who has become quite tired of their constant apologies for either poor editing, writing, or investigative reporting. If Huffington is right about Miller, we can expect another agnonizing mea culpa. At that point, I'm dropping my subscription.

    Re: Miller, Sulzberger and Kovac (none / 0) (#2)
    by squeaky on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:02:29 PM EST
    They must have been, or be lovers. They also bonded over their right wing stance on Israel (pro likud). From the oft quoted article New York Mag:
    When Miller joined the Times in the late seventies, she arrived in the Washington bureau at about the same time as Arthur Sulzberger Jr.—a recent college graduate getting hands-on experience in the shop floor of the family business. The D.C. office had only about half a dozen reporters under the age of 35, including Sulzberger, Miller, Steve Rattner, and Phil Taubman. They clung to one another. After work, they would retire to Duke Zeibert’s for a drink. The crowd became even more sociable. When Miller dated Rattner, they shared a weekend house on the Eastern Shore of Maryland with Sulzberger and his wife, Gail. There’s no evidence that Sulzberger ever directly intervened to help Miller, and Miller has undergone enough career reversals to make this hard to believe. Still, that friendship has become well known within the newsroom. Fairly or unfairly, there’s a sense that Miller has protection at the absolute top—and that fear reportedly deters some editors from challenging her.
    She is untouchable and will take them all down with her. I cancelled my subscription after reading Miller's first WMD propaganda leading up to the war.

    Re: Miller, Sulzberger and Kovac (none / 0) (#3)
    by jimcee on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:02:31 PM EST
    Obviously not.