(Note to literalists: the Watched column presently contains only a smattering of 'warblogs' because the facilitator of the template-change--Dr. Menlo--is not very familiar with them, and will be adding more as they are sent to him. Also, this blog may contain areas of allusion, satire, subtext, context and possibly even a dash of the surreal: wannabe lit-crits beware.)
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WARBLOGGER WATCH
Thursday, May 01, 2003
Dack Ragus, thankfully, continues to follow Raines Times (Thanks, Andy; oh, and Happy May Day!) reporter Judith Miller's so-called "bombshell" piece on the man "clad in nondescript clothes and a baseball cap" to whom the American military attributed a brace of smoking guns. The piece looks even schlockier today than when it first broke, and Miller's own subsequent articles bring that earlier piece into disrepute.
For what it's worth, I was most startled that by way of verification of the Army's claims, Miller offered only that she was "permitted to examine a letter written in Arabic that [the cap-clad fellow] slipped to American soldiers offering them information about the [chemical weapons] program and seeking their protection." Presumably it was this examination that allowed the dubious piece to pass as anything but a Pentagon PR Newswire. Curious as to how well Miller reads Arabic (she makes no mention of having a translator), I wrote both her and managing editors of the Times asking, but have yet to receive a response. posted by Anonymous5:59 AM
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