This
paper explores the recent controversies surrounding "The New York Times" during the buildup to the war in Iraq in 2003.
This
paper delves into the controversial matter of veteran Times
reporter Judith Miller who wrote a series of articles that validated the Bush administration's claims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. This paper also focuses on Times reporter Jayson Blair who broke every journalistic rule by fabricating stories and lifting material from other newspapers as well as selecting details from photographs to create the impression he had been somewhere or seen someone when he had not. The writer explains how these incidents along with others detailed in this paper shook the editorial board of "The New York Times."