Recently, it was revealed that New York Times reporter Judith Miller, a supposed heroine of press freedom, was, in fact, the go-to reporter Bush administration officials used to funnel their talking points to the public without scrutiny.

One source familiar with White House operations called Miller a “charter member” of the White House Iraq Group, charged with selling the case for war, saying, “They were funneling information to Judy Miller.”

A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who worked with Miller wrote to New York Times editors saying she was not trustworthy and asked that his name be taken off a story they worked on together. He said, “I do not trust her work, her judgment, or her conduct. She is an advocate.”

She accepts “dictation from government sources” and reports “unproven assertions” to the public.

I hope that the Sun Journal does not function in this manner, and that editors will scrutinize outside sources of Sun Journal articles (The Associated Press or other news services) for independence of viewpoint.

Jonathan Cohen, Farmington