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Judith Miller: The anonymous op-ed in the NY Times merited publication
Fox News ^ | September 6,2018

Posted on 09/06/2018 7:00:49 PM PDT by Hojczyk

Make no mistake. Publishing such an anonymous essay was an unusual, though not unprecedented decision by the newspaper of record.

And people who agree with President Trump that the anonymous assault was “cowardly” have a point when they argue that its author should have resigned, or accept being fired rather than continue working for a president he or she believes is “impetuous, adversarial, petty and ineffective.”

Imagine what Democrats would have said had if someone in President Obama’s inner circle had publicly denounced his missteps or character flaws with similar disdain.

The New York Times has been struggling, as have other newspapers, with how to cover Donald Trump since the early days of his candidacy.

“If you’re a working journalist and you believe that Donald J. Trump is a demagogue playing to the nation’s worst racist and nationalistic tendencies, that he cozies up to anti-American dictators and that he would be dangerous with control of the United States nuclear codes, how the heck are you supposed to cover him?” Jim Rutenberg, now the paper’s media columnist, wrote in August 2016. It seemed inevitable, he wrote, that such journalists would become more “oppositional.”

Because so many reporters and editors see the president as ignorant, erratic, and hence, dangerous, their reporting has often reflected that view. So do the swipes and sneering at him that slip, almost unconsciously at times, into news stories that according to the paper’s tradition are supposed to contain facts, not opinion.

But opposition has also led Times reporters to uncover important facts about the president’s cozy relationships with dictators, his family’s and senior staff members’ conflicts of interest and self-dealing, and Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; judithmiller; mediawingofthednc; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; smearmachine; walkingback
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1 posted on 09/06/2018 7:00:49 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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Trump is ignorant, erratic, and hence, dangerous......

She has it backwards...their ignorant and dangerous


2 posted on 09/06/2018 7:05:20 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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It does show that the Deep State exists and is at war with our right to choose our leaders and the Constitution. It did serve that useful purpose.


3 posted on 09/06/2018 7:06:01 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: Trumpisourlastchance
The election of Trump delegitimized the ruling political and media in Washington D.C..

The ruling political class and media will in natural self preservation delegitimize our election of Trump.

This will get bloody and soon.

4 posted on 09/06/2018 7:14:59 PM PDT by blackdog
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To: Trumpisourlastchance

Alternate explanation: The letter is fake. A complete fabrication published in the hope of precipitating a Saturday Night Massacre type situation.


5 posted on 09/06/2018 7:15:40 PM PDT by MAexile (Bats left, votes rights)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
The New York Times has been struggling, as have other newspapers, with how to cover Donald Trump since the early days of his candidacy.
Really? All the smears? The lies? They made it look so easy! Thanks Hojczyk.

6 posted on 09/06/2018 7:23:41 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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"Imagine what Democrats would have said had if someone in President Obama’s inner circle had publicly denounced his missteps or character flaws with similar disdain.

Well, maybe not "inner circle", but definitely in the neighborhood...Bubba and Ted Kennedy (Orca-MA) talked about how the halfrican obama should be serving them coffee.

7 posted on 09/06/2018 7:25:55 PM PDT by skimbell
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What do you expect from the Judy Miller Show?

the hate jennifer show

8 posted on 09/06/2018 7:34:05 PM PDT by henkster (Monsters from the Id.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Well, you know what ol’ Judy means.

They’re struggling to lie convincingly about Trump.

So far, they’re way short on the convincingly part.


9 posted on 09/06/2018 7:34:08 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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One would think she’d have learned a hard lesson about partisanship in media after her jail time, firing, and having everyone turn on her when she finally found work at Fox.


10 posted on 09/06/2018 7:35:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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Learn? Seriously?

After all this time, and all the unending stream of examples, you expect a leftist to learn from experience?


11 posted on 09/06/2018 7:41:29 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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Judith Miller is not a nice person. JMHO


12 posted on 09/06/2018 7:42:37 PM PDT by Maris Crane
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...“impetuous, adversarial, petty and ineffective.”...and yet, somehow, this wreck managed to earn hundreds of millions of dollars in the real estate game, practically single-handedly reshape the skyline of New York City, produce and star in two hit television series, and co-author a half-dozen or so best-sellers - imagine what he could have done if he had been half as wonderful as "Anonymous".....
13 posted on 09/06/2018 7:49:21 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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Judith Miller is and has been one of the slimiest anti-Trumpers on television today.

A Red Diaper baby, her Jewish father was Russia-born, her mother an Irish showgirl. Married to editor and publisher Jason Epstein, no children. Long tenure as a New York Slimes journalist, now employed by Fox News (aaaaak). Net worth $7 million.

Leni

14 posted on 09/06/2018 7:59:12 PM PDT by MinuteGal ( MAGA ! ! !...MAGA ! ! ! ...MAGA ! ! !)
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Mr “anonymous”?

Mattis.


15 posted on 09/06/2018 8:00:48 PM PDT by adorno
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Readers, follow the link to see the first line of the piece. Judith Miller was employed by the New York Times.


16 posted on 09/06/2018 8:12:43 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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Maybe the name, Fox News, should be changed to New York Fox News. With crud like that op ed, that name would fit more appropriately.


17 posted on 09/06/2018 8:16:15 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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Maybe Judith Miller wrote the op-ed in the NY Times, so you know pride of authorship.


18 posted on 09/06/2018 8:19:09 PM PDT by Yolanda
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To: Hojczyk

Judith Miller is a NeverTrumper.


19 posted on 09/06/2018 8:30:05 PM PDT by lonestar (Texan for Trump)
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And she deserved being fired, should be in jail, and unemployed.


20 posted on 09/06/2018 8:34:22 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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