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The public won't understand what happened in the Valerie Plame case unless or until prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald announces the results of his inquiry and explains in detail the process and path of his investigation.
The Village Voice  |  Sydney H. Schanberg  |  07-20-2005  |  Media
Tags: Karl Rove, New York Times, weapons of mass destruction, wmd, Time, Judith Miller, Matthew Cooper, confidential source

Two-Timed by Timenew

Time Inc. weakened the press when it decided to turn over Time reporter Matthew Cooper's notes and other materials to a federal prosecutor.
The Village Voice  |  Sydney H. Schanberg  |  07-05-2005  |  Media
Tags: New York Times, Valerie Plame, Robert Novak, Patrick Fitzgerald, confidential source, chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, CIA operative's name, I. Lewis Libby, Judith Cooper, special prosecutor

Woodward's Debt to Deep Throatnew

If a story turns out to be a career maker, shouldn't the source share in the rewards?
The Village Voice  |  Sydney H. Schanberg  |  06-24-2005  |  Media
Tags: Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, journalism ethics, confidential source, book deal, Mark Felt, Public Affairs, The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat. Simon & Schuster, Vanity Affair

New York Times Reporter Defends Her Decisionsnew

Times reporter Judith Miller, who has been criticized for accepting the Bush administration's line on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, denies having misgivings about how she reported the story.
East Bay Express  |  Justin Berton  |  04-02-2005  |  Media
Tags: wmd, Robert Novak, confidential source, CIA agent Valerie Plame, Lowell Bergman, protecting sources

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