He saved the paper?
His point seemed to be that in the wake of the Jayson Blair - Howell Raines fiascos staff morale and public esteem for the NY Slimes was at a low point. Apparently they thought pumping the Joe Wilson fantasy was an ideal way to revive their credibility. I know it sounds insane to real people, but we are not left-liberal reporters....
Just hope they get properly humiliated with the real facts about Wilson-Plame-gate, but they sure are doing their best to keep the public from finding out....