How about this, Peter? I am 75% - maybe 90 % - inclined to be convinced by and agree with what Judith Miller wrote, although one might conclude that she has some axes to grind, Or could be seeking revenge for what happened to her.
But what she writes is credible, she has nothing really to gain by lying about it. I could believe it. I can and probably will conclude that in this matter and perhaps in some others the New York Times, not the whole newspaper, not the entire staff, but key leaders right up to the publisher, made a monumental f***-up, I could agree with everyone who says that what happened is reprehensible, And I hope that as the paper takes a close look at itself, the Times might find many things that may need repair. I am really leaning that way.
But I will still read it every day and consider it a credible, accurate, useful approach and interpretation of what’s going on in the world. It may be better at doing that On the national and international level than almost any other newspaper.
But like every other human institution, Including the church, it isn’t perfect and on a certain matter here, it screwed up.