Black Press Wednesday

Today Judy Miller of the New York Times was send to jail for refusing to give up the source of information she gathered. Its a sad day for the freedom of the press. Normally journalists get jailed in countries in the developing world - and the outcry is huge here in the developed western world.

But not too many people seem to be worried when a journalist is jailed for protecting its source here in the USA. It's a sad day for the freedom of the press, it is even worse for society - who will talk to journalists when those journalists are threatened with jail - just for keeping their sources secret?!

Judy Miller is an interesting case - it shows the hypocrisy of many liberals (and many liberal bloggers). They would bash the administration if anyone critical of the administration would go to jail. But Judy Miller has been quite supportive of many Bush administration policies in her writings - and thus the liberals don't care and even bash her for protecting her sources. But they would cry foul if it a similar thing would happen in Algeria, Pakistan, China...

Remember, Judy Miller is going to jail for protecting her sources - she has committed no crime.

Shame on you Time magazine - for being a coward that seems to have given up on the idea of a free press.