Keller Admits He's Suffering from 'Judy Miller Fatigue'

By: E&P Staff Speaking at Princeton University on Monday, Bill Keller, executive editor of The New York Times, admitted, "Like most people at the Times, I am suffering from a serious case of Judy Miller fatigue," according to an article at the DailyPrincetonian.com.

In his hour-long speech before a capacity crowd, tackling "America Media: Still the Fourth Estate?," Keller both defended and criticized the Times' role in the affair. Keller, according to the article, said he was right to support Miller's refusal to testify initially in the CIA leak investigation, but declared that the paper should have been more critical of Miller's reporting, beginning with her now largely-discredited stories on alleged WMDs in Iraq.

"Newspapers are written and edited by human beings. We get things wrong," he said, adding, "What other industry labors so hard to air its dirty laundry?"

After relating events surrounding the scandal, Keller joked, "This concludes the mea culpa section of our show."

Asked about the growing popularity of partisan media, Keller said, "We should be the advocate of complexity and ambiguity and information that challenges people's preconceptions," he said.