Keller reflects on decisions in the Judith Miller affair
Bill Keller, executive editor of The New York Times, discussed the future of mainstream journalism Monday afternoon, at a time when his paper has been both the source and the subject of the news."Like most people at the Times, I am suffering from a serious case of Judy Miller fatigue," Keller told a capacity crowd in Dodds Auditorium, referring to the former Times reporter who last week resigned from the paper following scrutiny from colleagues and outside critics about her role in the Valerie Plame leak investigation.In his hour-long speech titled "America Media: Still the Fourth Estate?" Keller discussed the Miller GS '72 affair at length, both defending and criticitizing the Times' role in the affair.Keller said he was right to support Miller's refusal to testify initially in the CIA leak investigation, but that the paper should have been more critical of Miller's reporting, beginning with her now largely-discredited stories on alleged WMDs in Iraq."Newspapers are written and edited by human beings.