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"The women in the cellblock take turns picking the program on the communal TV set. Her neighbors put up with Judy’s thirst for news, and she in turn is learning a lot about hip-hop videos."

executive editor Bill Keller in a letter to New York Times staffers describing reporter Judy Miller’s prison experience.