New York Times | SAJAforum
The first program in the four-part "News War" series, which airs tonight, concentrates in part on White House efforts to manipulate coverage for political ends during the prelude to the Iraq invasion. On the show,
Bob Woodward admits his blunder in believing that Iraq probably had weapons of mass destruction. "I think I dropped the ball here. I should have pushed much, much harder."
Judith Miller, he says, "had the wrong sources. The excuse can't be 'I'm only as good as my sources.'" || Producer
Arun Rath discusses "News War." || Reviews from
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