To understand how the New York Times got to this embarrassing point, Robert Scheer writes, it must be acknowledged that even at highly regarded newspapers, editors serve at the whim of their publishers. What is clear from the Times'ss Sunday exposé is that publisher Sulzberger granted Miller uncritical backing despite the severe reservations felt by some of the paper's top editors.

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