Summary
Sunday's roundtable on NBC-TV's "Meet the Press" provided yet another example of how some in the mainstream media substitute hyperbole and misinformation for fact in reporting on the investigation of how Valerie Plame's identity as a CIA agent became public knowledge.
The assembled journalists discussed the jailing of New York Times reporter Judith Miller for refusing to testify before a grand jury in the Plame case and the debate over a federal "shield" law protecting reporters from being forced to disclose confidential sources. NBC White House Correspondent David Gregory said that any such discussion should be accompanied by a discussion of the need for journalists to behave responsibly. Journalistic confidentiality, he indicated, is acceptable when used "to put a check on government," but is bad if "it is to be a vehicle for what may have been an egregious abuse of power here [in the Wilson-Plame case] in smearing someone who's part of our national security apparatus." Journalists "have to be very careful about this idea of confidentiality," Mr. Gregory said, indicating that this may be part of the reason "that there has not been more of a cry on behalf of Judy Miller."See the full content of this document
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