Miers-Miller Time

I've never watched Reliable Sources, Howard Kurtz's program on the media on CNN. Today I recorded it and watched later. Coincidentally, today marks a new time slot for the show, an expansion to a full hour and a new segment featuring bloggers. Cool. Today, he had John Dickerson from Slate, John Hinderaker and Jeff Jarvis discussing the Miers reaction. Seems overdue.

I was surprised to hear Hinderaker criticizing those on the right who have savaged Miers. I had read criticism of her on Power Line and assumed all three of them had joined the attack. Hinderaker's critique of the right is a good one and welcome.

Kurtz pointed out how the Judy Miller kerfuffle mirrors the Miers one. Both are cases of a person's natural supporters turning on them viciously.

Jarvis describes Judy Miller as the Dan Rather of the NYTimes. Ouch. On top of suggesting that she start blogging, even checking out a suggested name: "So, Judy, a gift for you: MissRunAmok.com is available." Double ouch.