The DMN's editorial board writes an 'open letter' to Judith Miller praising her for going to jail and refusing to reveal her source in the Valerie Plame case today. The DMN goes on and on about freedom of the press and all that. I bet you a liquid dollar that every journalist dreams of the opportunity to go to jail to protect their source...it's so dramatic. We've never revealed the names of our tipsters, but we've never gotten a tip so juicy as a CIA operative's name, either.
The point we really wanted to make was about the freedom of the press and how the DMN goes on and on about how it's really the thing that keeps the government in check and from becoming a dictatorial monarchy and blah blah blah. That's the part that made me pretty sad. If the press were really doing the job of keeping the government in check don't you think the coverage of the war in Iraq may be different? Hell, don't you think the coverage of our bumbling Keystone Cops Texas Legislature would be different?
Instead, the front page in the online DMN this morning was a very long feature on the TV show, Cheaters. Oh well, so much for high hopes from the press. *shuffles back to a dark corner and weeps*
Edmonton dominated the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night and the 4-0 margin in Game 6 makes it hard to imagine the Oilers not hoisting hockey's Holy Grail above their heads in less than 48 hours. And it would not come as any shock to see defenseman Chris Pronger, who had another 31-minute night, take the honors for the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoff MVP.
i appreciate the necessity to protect sources. but the real shame here is that miller, et al. didn't have the courage to put the brakes on what was obviously a political "hit" in outing plame. she was complicit in a crime. that crime is called treason. she shouldn't be going to jail for protecting her source(s), she should be going to jail for aiding and abetting a traitor.