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'Scoops' and Truth at the Times
Baker, Russ | June 23, 2003 issue

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The article focuses on how Judith Miller, a veteran journalist for the newspaper "New York Times," published a front-page story on April 21, 2003 that had direct impact on the decisions involved in the American invasion of Iraq. Miller suggested that the weapons of mass destruction (WMD) claimed by the U.S. Administration to be in the possession of Iraq had been recently destroyed or existed only as precursors with dual, civilian uses. Other unsupported claims alleging that Iraq had provided WMD aid to Syria and Islamic group Al Qaeda were also published in that article. Miller's source was said to be an Iraqi scientist who had informed the U.S. military of the same claims.

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MILLER, Judith; NEW York Times, The (Newspaper); WEAPONS of mass destruction; IRAQ War, 2003-; JOURNALISTIC ethics; ATTRIBUTION of news; IRAQ; UNITED States
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