The "Gray Lady' has fallen and she can't get up

The New York Times
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The Downing Street Memo and other sources have left little doubt that we are mired in a quagmire in Iraq because of serial lies and deceit on the part of the Bush administration. It is also obvious that the administration had a great deal of help from the main stream media including The New York Times. Much of the Times culpability is the result of articles by the neocon's propaganda queen, Judith Miller. While the Times has issued a weak apology for it's coverage in the lead up to the war rather than fire Judith Miller they have attempted to make her a saint and martyr.

"Judy is an intrepid, principled, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has provided our readers with thorough and comprehensive reporting throughout her career," said Catherine Mathis, VP of corporate communications for the newspaper.

For details on Miller's involvement in the Iraq war see James Moore's post, That Awful Power: How Judy Miller Screwed Us All.

One of the few things that still make the Times worth reading are the commentaries of Bob Herbert, Nicholas Kristof, Paul Krugman and Frank Rich. Now the Times has announced that we will have to pay to read those.