Kuposa mtolankhani wina aliyense wa New York Times, Judith Miller adatsogolera ndi nkhani zonena kuti Iraq ili ndi zida zowononga anthu ambiri. Tsopano, zaka zingapo pambuyo pake, akuyang'anizana ndi kufufuzidwa kokulirapo pambuyo pa zolemba ziwiri zomwe zidatuluka mu Times pa Oct. 16 - nkhani yayitali yofufuza za Miller kuphatikiza nkhani yake yamunthu woyamba momwe adavutikira pamlanduwo. "Kutuluka" kwa Bush Administration a Valerie Plame ngati wothandizira wa CIA.
Tsopano zikuwoneka kuti Miller adagwira ntchito mwachangu kwa akuluakulu azamalamulo aku US kuposa olemba a New York Times. Nthawi zambiri kudzera m'nkhani yake, Miller adalemba chiganizo ichi: "Panthawi yankhondo yaku Iraq, Pentagon idandipatsa chilolezo kuti ndiwone zinsinsi monga gawo la gawo langa 'lophatikizidwa' ndi gulu lankhondo lapadera losaka zida zosagwirizana ndi boma." Ndipo, malinga ndi nkhani yomweyi, pamapeto pake anauza akuluakulu oweruza milandu kuti pa July 8, 2003, atakumana ndi wachiwiri kwa pulezidenti, Lewis Libby, "Ndikadawakhumudwitsa a Libby kuti sindinaloledwe kutero. kambiranani ndi akonzi zina mwazambiri zaku Iraq."
Tiyeni tibwerezenso imeneyo pang'onopang'ono.
Judith Miller ndi mtolankhani wa New York Times. Pambuyo pa nkhondoyi, atapatsidwa ntchito yopita ku gulu lankhondo la US pamene akufufuza ma WMD ku Iraq, adapatsidwa "chilolezo" ndi Pentagon "kuti awone zachinsinsi" - zomwe "sanaloledwe kukambirana" ndi olemba Times.
Palibe cholakwika ndi chithunzichi ngati Judith Miller ndi wogwira ntchito zanzeru ku boma la US. Koma ngati akuyenera kukhala mtolankhani, izi ndizovuta - ndipo mfundo yakuti New York Times yalekerera izo imatiuza zambiri za nyuzipepalayi.
Makamaka, nkhani ya patsamba loyamba lonena za Miller mu Times pa Oct. 16 idadumphadumpha "chilolezo" cha Miller ndipo idangonena kuti: "Chakumapeto kwa 2003, Mayi Miller adabwerako kuchokera kunkhondo yaku Iraq, komwe adakhalako. gulu lankhondo la ku America lomwe likusakasaka umboni wa zida za nyukiliya, mankhwala ndi tizilombo koma sizinaphule kanthu.โ
M'malo mwake, panthawi yofalitsa zabodza zoukira dziko la Iraq, pomwe Miller anali mtolankhani wotsogola wa zida zowononga anthu ambiri, dipatimenti yofalitsa nkhani ya New York Times idakhala ngati chothandiza kwambiri pankhondo.
"WMD - ndalakwitsa kwambiri," a Times adagwira mawu a Miller poyankhulana Lachisanu. "Ofufuza, akatswiri ndi atolankhani omwe adawalemba - tonse tinali olakwa. Ngati magwero anu ali olakwika, mukulakwitsa. "
Koma openda, akatswiri ndi atolankhani sanali "zolakwika." Oyang'anira zida odziwa zambiri - kuphatikiza Mohamed ElBaradei, Hans Blix ndi Scott Ritter - adatsutsa zonena zazikulu kuchokera ku White House. Kuukira kusanachitike, akatswiri ena ambiri adatsutsanso mbali zosiyanasiyana zomwe boma la US likunena za WMDs ku Iraq. (Mwazitsanzo, onani nkhani zosungidwa zakale zomwe anzanga ku Institute for Public Accuracy
Atolankhani amasankha magwero - ndi omwe sanatchulidwe omwe Miller adasankha kudalira, monga chiweto cha Pentagon waku Iraq Ahmad Chalabi, anali ofunitsitsa kufalitsa nkhani za WMDs kuti alimbikitse kuwukira. Komabe mzere wovomerezeka ku New York Times wakhala kuti dipatimenti yake yofalitsa nkhani idapusitsidwa ndi atolankhani ena onse.
Pa Meyi 26, 2004 - patatha chaka chimodzi kuukira kwa Iraq - Times idasindikiza nkhani yotsala pang'ono kulembedwa ndi akonzi awiri apamwamba, kuphatikiza mkonzi wamkulu Bill Keller. Nkhaniyo inatsutsa kuti Times, pamodzi ndi opanga malamulo ku Washington, anali ozunzidwa m'malo mwa ophwanya malamulo: "Akuluakulu a utsogoleri tsopano avomereza kuti nthawi zina amalephera kuuzidwa zabodza kuchokera kumalo othamangitsidwawa. Momwemonso mabungwe ambiri atolankhani - makamaka iyi. โ
Koma Times "siinagwere chifukwa chabodza" monga kulumphira. Nyuzipepalayi inathandiza kwambiri akuluakulu a bomawo kufotokoza zachinyengo ngati zoona.
Kupha anthu ophedwa ndi chinyengo chimenecho kukupitirira tsiku lililonse. Koma kufalitsa kwakukulu kwa Times Lamlungu pamachitidwe ake, Judith Miller pakatikati pa chiwembucho, analibe chonena za zotsatira za anthu ku Iraq.
Mu medialand osankhika, ntchito za atolankhani ku New York Times ndizokulirapo. Mosiyana ndi izi, miyoyo ya asitikali aku America - makamaka miyoyo ya ma Iraqi - ili ngati zongoyerekeza pomwe nkhani zopumira zanyumba yachifumu ya atolankhani zikuchitika.
Chisomo chautsogoleri wa Times sichinapereke chisonyezero chodzimvera chisoni kapena kuyankha pamabungwe. Ndipo nthawi yotsatira yokonzekera zankhondo zaku US - motsutsana ndi Iran kapena Syria kapena kulikonse - ikasinthira kukhala zida zapamwamba, ndizokayikitsa kuti New York Times kapena ma media apamwamba aku US awonetsa zotchinga zazikulu.
Pa June 14, 2003, atangotsala pang'ono kukwezedwa kukhala mkonzi wamkulu pa New York Times, nyuzipepalayo inafalitsa nkhani ya Bill Keller yomwe inafotokoza chifukwa chake boma la United States liyenera kuyesetsa kukonza luso la nzeru zake. โZoona zake nโzakuti makina osonkhanitsira zidziwitso opangidwa kuti atsogolere atsogoleri athu pankhani zankhondo ndi mtendere akuwonetsa zizindikiro zachinyengo,โ analemba motero. "M'malingaliro mwanga, ili ndi vuto lalikulu, koma osati chifukwa likulepheretsa nkhondo yomwe tinapambana. Ndivuto chifukwa zimatifooketsa chifukwa cha nkhondo zomwe timakumana nazo.โ
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