<p>This week’s Sunday NY Times magazine [March 25] had an article by Max Frankel about the media and the Libby trial.</p>
<p>Intro blurb:
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<p>I was dismayed by my reading of the article, which I interpreted as saying that trials like the Libby trial will force the media to be more cautious with their use of “unidentified government sources,” as well as vice versa.</p>
<p>I think this is a good thing, as, in my view, the media taking the government at its word on WMD lead to the war in Iraq [a bad thing.)</p>
<p>Doesn’t Frankel see that perhaps the media could help the public get to the bottom of things more if its relationship with those in power wasn’t so buddy-buddy?</p>