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To: PJ-Comix
I haven't read the entire article but believe that it is clear that someone needs to defend the New York Times. It is grossly unfair, let me repeat that, it is grossly unfair to be critical of the New York Times.

Now, as always, the New York Times has a political agenda to advance. It is UNFAIR to expect them to be factual or objective at the same time. Sure, they can try, they can claim to do so, but they can't be 100% accurate. They are only human, after all.

And, to expect an African-American employee of the NYT to be held to the same standards as a non-minority employee is, well, frankly, racist. So, too, is the NYT firing a black employee for doing just what NYT employees have always done, distort the facts and truth to comply with the paper's political agenda.

This fine young man, a young journalist, learning his trade was fired solely because he is black. I hope he will take his solid claim to the courts. There, I hope, he will be allowed to present his evidence before one of the fine judges endorsed over the years by the NYT. Alas, none of the judges opposed by the NYT are available to hear this brave African-American's claim of racial bigotry and discrimination. But, the judges in NYC appointed by Willie will certainly decide properly.

7 posted on 05/10/2003 4:27:39 PM PDT by Tacis
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To: Tacis
And it begins...race wasn't even an issue until a picture was published and it's too tempting a bait for some people to pass up. Why did it take so long to get rid of Stephen Glass? The issue here isn't race though some on the right will find it irresistable to make it so - the issue is why his superiors suspended disbelief - and the broader issue of whether or not institutions that depend on the native integrity of its workers can depend on that anymore and what does that say about modern society.
9 posted on 05/10/2003 4:48:50 PM PDT by garbanzo (Free people will set the course of history)
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To: Tacis
Fantastic response!
22 posted on 05/10/2003 7:50:18 PM PDT by ladyinred
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