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Law

'Times' Reporter Miller Testifies in Plame Case

September 30, 2005 • New York Times reporter Judith Miller tells a grand jury what she knows about how CIA operative Valerie Plame's name was revealed to the public. The Times says Miller's source was Lewis Libby, chief of staff to Vice President Cheney.

'Times' Reporter Miller Testifies in Plame Case

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Law

Judith Miller Freed, Will Testify in CIA Outing Case

September 30, 2005 • New York Times reporter Judith Miller was released from jail Thursday after serving three months for refusing to reveal sources to a federal probe into the leak of a CIA officer's identity. Madeleine Brand talks with NPR media reporter David Folkenflik about the ongoing controversy surrounding Miller and the Bush administration's complicity in the leak.

Judith Miller Freed, Will Testify in CIA Outing Case

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Law

Miller Due to Testify in CIA Leak Probe

September 30, 2005 • The New York Times reporter Judith Miller was released from jail Thursday after striking a deal to testify before a grand jury investigating the leak of the identity of a CIA agent.

Miller Due to Testify in CIA Leak Probe

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Media

Critics Say Tribune Cutbacks Affect Coverage

September 30, 2005 • The Tribune Company, which owns papers including the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune, has taken a beating on Wall Street over recent weeks. To drive up stock prices, the company has pursued an aggressive strategy of cutting costs -- one that some journalists feel is affecting the newspapers' quality.

Critics Say Tribune Cutbacks Affect Coverage

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Media

'New York Times' Reporter Jailed in Plame Case Freed

September 29, 2005 • New York Times reporter Judith Miller, jailed for refusing to reveal her sources, has been released. She has agreed to testify before a grand jury investigating the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's name to the press.

'New York Times' Reporter Jailed in Plame Case Freed

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Major U.S. Newspapers Announce Staff Cuts

September 21, 2005 • The New York Times and Boston Globe have announced they will cut 4 percent of the papers' staffs, on top of a 2-percent cut made last year. Knight Ridder also announced it is cutting 15 percent of staff at The Philadelphia Inquirer and 19 percent at The Philadelphia Daily News.

Major U.S. Newspapers Announce Staff Cuts

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Media Circus

Reporters Give Voice to Post-Katrina Desperation

September 2, 2005 • You don't have to listen very closely to the news to register the striking tone coming from many of the journalists involved in covering the floods along the Gulf Coast. They're passing along public anger.

Media Circus

Media Sounded Early Warnings of the Worst

August 31, 2005 • How haunting it must be for a news organization to fulfill its core function by sounding the alarm as the public's watchdog – and then to go unheeded. That's what has happened to the The New Orleans Times-Picayune.

Media

'USA Today' Cuts Use of Anonymous Sources

August 29, 2005 • Tough guidelines imposed by USA Today about a year ago have resulted in a 75 percent reduction in anonymous sources used in its stories. What effect has this policy had on the paper's reporting?

'USA Today' Cuts Use of Anonymous Sources

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Media Circus

The Plame Case: A Long Way from Deep Throat

August 26, 2005 • Consider the source: Tough to do, when the source is anonymous. It's even tougher when an "unnamed source" is not a developed relationship, as was Bob Woodward's connection to Mark Felt. David Folkenflik looks at how the originally anonymous leak of CIA agent Valerie Plame's name is different.

Obituaries

Bidding Peter Jennings Farewell

August 8, 2005 • The death of ABC News anchorman Peter Jennings underscores the end of an era. Jennings died Sunday of lung cancer at 67. With Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw, he dominated U.S. network news for two decades.

Bidding Peter Jennings Farewell

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Media

Jailed Reporter Miller Described as Risk Taker

August 3, 2005 • New York Times reporter Judith Miller is currently the only person in jail in the investigation into who leaked the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame. As NPR's David Folkenflik explains, Miller's headlong pursuit of sources and scoops may shed some light on how she landed there.

Jailed Reporter Miller Described as Risk Taker

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Politics

Senate Democrats Call for Rove's Resignation

July 13, 2005 • President Bush's political adviser, Karl Rove, comes under scrutiny from critics who say Rove is the informant that leaked the identity of a CIA operative. The White House has defended Rove while Senate Democrats are saying he should be fired.

Senate Democrats Call for Rove's Resignation

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National

Report Links Rove to Early Plame Leak

July 11, 2005 • White House deputy Karl Rove was the source Time reporter Mathew Cooper risked jail to protect in an inquiry into the leak of a CIA agent's name, according to Newsweek. Rove apparently didn't name agent Valerie Plame, saying instead that she was former ambassador Joseph Wilson's wife.

Report Links Rove to Early Plame Leak

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Where Will the CIA Leak Story Lead?

July 8, 2005 • New York Times reporter Judith Miller is spending her second day in jail after refusing to disclose the source who revealed the identity of a CIA agent. Alex Chadwick talks to David Folkenflik about where the case may lead.

Where Will the CIA Leak Story Lead?

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