Former New York Times journalist Judith Miller has joined Fox News. The journalist, who spent 85 days in jail for refusing to disclose the identity of a source, who she later revealed was none other Vice President Dick Cheney’s Chief of Staff Scooter Libby, during the Valerie Plame affair, will work as an analyst on international and security affairs for the Rupert Murdoch owned cable news network.

Could there be a better match than this? The revelations regarding Miller and her relationship with Scooter Libby after she finally divulged his identity and was subsequently released from prison nearly made me stop reading The New York Times. Specifically this passage from the letter Libby sent Miller releasing her from confidentiality struck a chord in its exposing a type of relationship that had become far too close to even resemble objective journalism anymore:

Out west, where you vacation, the aspens will already be turning. They turn in clusters because their roots connect them. Come back to work - and life.

Judith Miller was instrumental in selling the Iraq War to American public with NY Times articles filled with assertion after assertion that Iraq possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction. Her chumminess with Libby as seen in the letter raised serious questions about both her integrity and that of The Times over one of the most important issues of the decade: the rush to war. Fortunately for Ms. Miller, she’ll now be working for an organization where being BFF with top ranking GOP officials and passing off their items as “news” and “facts” is not only tolerated, it’s encouraged!

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Reuters: Veteran reporter Miller joins Fox news

Atlanta Journal Constitution: Judith Miller signs on at Fox News

Hollywood Reporter: Judith Miller joins Fox News Channel