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10 reasons why New York Times reporter Judith Miller got only a squatting ovation

Thursday, Oct. 20, 2005 | 1:41 a.m.

10 reasons why New York Times reporter Judith Miller got only a squatting ovation at the Society of Professional Journalists convention in Las Vegas:

10. Reporters took a beating on the over-under for how long she'd be in the slammer.

9. Never got around to making vanity license plates she promised colleagues.

8. Tourism bureau felt "weapons of mass destruction" was slam at Strip drivers.

7. Confused conventioneers thought they were going to hear about "all the nudes that fit."

6. Didn't leave a tip at the 3 a.m. $7.95 sirloin special at the Trop.

5. Went to jail for a story she didn't write on a subject on which she was wrong.

4. Lost street cred after it got out she lost shower wet-towel snapping fight to Martha Stewart.

3. It's tough to get too emotional over someone protecting a guy named "Scooter."

2. Got mistaken for a Cleopatra impersonator at Caesars Palace.

1. Turned down Playboy's offer to be part of the "Girls of the First Amendment" photo shoot at the Palms.

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