The Unrepentant Journalist cometh
Hello to you all. Welcome.
This is a site by an journalist in an anonymous manner. Not only do I protect myself, but I also keep from allowing people to call works bearing my real name into question.
I'm no journalism genius. I am simply here to offer an inside take on what goes on inside the world of journalism.
Feel free to always contact me via email, theunrepentantjournalist@gmail.com.
And now, for my first rant.
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There is no easy solution to the Judith Miller - Karl Rove - Valerie Plame problem.
A high-ranking official, Rove, reveals (whether it was intentional or inadvertent is still a bone of contention) to a reporter the name of a CIA officer, Plame (they don't call themselves spies, they call themselves officers). In doing so, he breaks a law. The reporter, Miller, whom he broke the law by telling has made a promise to keep him anonymous, but when ordered by the Supreme Court of the United States, she refuses and is imprisoned.
Who's wrong here?
Well, I won't even approach the can of worms of saying Plame is wrong for being an intelligence officer. Every nation has its intelligence services. Plame serves one. The morality of her job is not at hand.
Rove, whether on purpose or on accident, broke the law. Let's wait and see how Bush manages this one. Rove is immensely important to Bush and was a major winning factor in the 2004 election. Either way, he did something bad.
Miller is sticking to her guns and this is admirable. She made a promise and she intends to keep it, even at the cost of her freedom. However, Miller seems to be forgetting one of the purposes of journalism, to help keep democracy in motion.
Democracy must function in an orderly way, i.e. through laws. When someone breaks a law and a reporter breaks a law to, in essence, help them break a law, this is where we find ourselves now. Two wrongs do not make a right. Miller's crusade, not matter how noble, is misguided.
So as upsetting as it seems, by imprisoning a journalist, the Supreme Court was in fact doing the right thing.
Go figure.
This is a site by an journalist in an anonymous manner. Not only do I protect myself, but I also keep from allowing people to call works bearing my real name into question.
I'm no journalism genius. I am simply here to offer an inside take on what goes on inside the world of journalism.
Feel free to always contact me via email, theunrepentantjournalist@gmail.com.
And now, for my first rant.
*******
There is no easy solution to the Judith Miller - Karl Rove - Valerie Plame problem.
A high-ranking official, Rove, reveals (whether it was intentional or inadvertent is still a bone of contention) to a reporter the name of a CIA officer, Plame (they don't call themselves spies, they call themselves officers). In doing so, he breaks a law. The reporter, Miller, whom he broke the law by telling has made a promise to keep him anonymous, but when ordered by the Supreme Court of the United States, she refuses and is imprisoned.
Who's wrong here?
Well, I won't even approach the can of worms of saying Plame is wrong for being an intelligence officer. Every nation has its intelligence services. Plame serves one. The morality of her job is not at hand.
Rove, whether on purpose or on accident, broke the law. Let's wait and see how Bush manages this one. Rove is immensely important to Bush and was a major winning factor in the 2004 election. Either way, he did something bad.
Miller is sticking to her guns and this is admirable. She made a promise and she intends to keep it, even at the cost of her freedom. However, Miller seems to be forgetting one of the purposes of journalism, to help keep democracy in motion.
Democracy must function in an orderly way, i.e. through laws. When someone breaks a law and a reporter breaks a law to, in essence, help them break a law, this is where we find ourselves now. Two wrongs do not make a right. Miller's crusade, not matter how noble, is misguided.
So as upsetting as it seems, by imprisoning a journalist, the Supreme Court was in fact doing the right thing.
Go figure.
posted by The Unrepentant Journalist at 9:06 PM
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