Former New York Times reporter Judith Miller, whose wretched journalism disgraced her newspaper and helped deceive the country into launching the disastrous Iraq War, offered some thoughts Tuesday via Twitter about President Barack Obama’s commutation of Chelsea Manning’s prison sentence.
Obama commutes sentence of Chelsea Manning. How many people died because of manning' leak? https://t.co/WrijBtp4fo
— Judith Miller (@JMfreespeech) January 17, 2017
At this point, a question occurs. Judith Miller’s past: Will she ever live that down? Let’s find out.
Does she really not see the irony here pic.twitter.com/H1wKC1B6kt
— Jack Mirkinson (@jackmirkinson) January 17, 2017
How many people died because this woman helped lie us into war? https://t.co/jAn4eNxT36
— Justin Raimondo (@JustinRaimondo) January 17, 2017
Judy's Iraq-War starting stories ALL based off leaks. Those leaks killed 100s of 1000s.
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) January 17, 2017
Ready to send your murderous sources to prison? https://t.co/ez2yw2cwmU
aren't you judith miller? https://t.co/WlO8uaa2HK
— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) January 17, 2017
@JMfreespeech you literally caused the iraq war to happen under false pretenses, bye.
— Myles Tanzer (@mylestanzer) January 17, 2017
It's not that Judith Miller thinks it's BAD to publish things that get people killed. It's that she's competitive. https://t.co/zkYkjAXmJJ
— Jon Schwarz (@tinyrevolution) January 17, 2017
[raises hand] I have a related question https://t.co/y4pNeIrWpq
— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) January 17, 2017
Less than the number who died because of your Iraq war reporting. https://t.co/oBnMMqQuAe
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) January 17, 2017
THIS IS BLOWING MY MIND IT IS JUST BLOWING MY MIND https://t.co/GLfI4RyMoZ
— Jack Mirkinson (@jackmirkinson) January 17, 2017
Judith Miller's inability to recognize the fact or breadth of her own body count is one of the great rationalizations of history https://t.co/ccQ0lcFTvO
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) January 17, 2017
How many people died because of 'leaks' to Judith Miller. Someone needs a prosthetic self-awareness https://t.co/Uw4M5r55gx
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 17, 2017
@JMfreespeech Do you realize you're THAT Judith Miller?
— Meredith Haggerty (@manymanywords) January 17, 2017
Judith Miller should probably sit this one out.
— Jane Coaston (@cjane87) January 17, 2017
I'm not sure "How many died because of...?" is a game Judith Miller really wants to play. https://t.co/TChAGyWFPA
— Jesse Walker (@notjessewalker) January 17, 2017
@JMfreespeech apparently none--unlike the known hundreds of thousands who died based on faulty Iraq WMD coverage
— Greg Mitchell (@GregMitch) January 18, 2017
Hmmmm, you should Google "Judith Miller + New York Times + Iraq + WMD Lies" https://t.co/EQBssDQrWx
— Andrew Kirell (@AndrewKirell) January 17, 2017
DO YOU HAVE AMNESIA??? LIKE, REALLY????? DO YOU NOT REMEMBER????? https://t.co/GLfI4RyMoZ
— Jack Mirkinson (@jackmirkinson) January 17, 2017
So, ah, the answer is “no.”
This has been “Will Judith Miller Ever Live It Down?”
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