By: Joe Strupp Byron Calame, the public editor of The New York Times, wrote on his blog site Wednesday that he had received "an unusually high number" of reader responses to this past weekend's flurry of opinions on the Judith Miller situation that graced his space.
In a
note to Web users at his site, Calame said he chose to share some of the responses Wednesday, rather than wait until his next print opportunity, which is several weeks away.
"Since the regular Sunday column devoted to reader response is more than two weeks away, I decided to post a selection that reflects several of the different points of view expressed in the messages sent to the public editor so far," Calame wrote.
The responses were related to the recent string of opinions from Miller and Executive Editor Bill Keller that Calame posted on his site following the lengthy Oct. 16 Times story about Miller's activities in recent months. The story, which ran along with a first-person account by Miler of her 85 days in jail and her connection with sources in the Valerie Plame case, noted that Miler had not provided a complete account of her actions to the paper.
Following the story, Keller sent a
memo to Calame admitting that he'd wished he had handled the issue differently, which prompted a
note from Miller as well, defending her actions.
Calame could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
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