[Timesink]

The email in question, courtesy of thesmokinggun.com:

[Timesink]

Schadenfreude

This is the New York Times Schadenfreude Ping List. Freepmail me to be added or dropped.

[JennysCool]

All well and good. But Raines must go.

[JennysCool]

err..."It bares repeating"? ... Nice trio of journalism execs!

[Grampa Dave]

Why would anyone who wants real news, not lies, half truths, DNC mantras and hate GW BS, even buy a NY Slimes?

They are documented liars for over 7 decades, and they have been worse since the 2000 elections.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Baltimore Sun UM launches own probe of ex-reporter's work - ***N.Y. Times correspondent resigned this month for plagiarism; University to review 30 articles Blair wrote while a student at College Park - COLLEGE PARK -- The University of Maryland said today it will review former New York Times reporter Jayson Blair's work at the journalism school's news service, while faculty members were left wondering where their once top student went wrong. In a letter sent to students, faculty and alumni today, Journalism Dean Thomas Kunkel said the university plans to hire an editor to check 30 articles Blair wrote in 1995 as a reporter for the Capital News Service, Maryland's wire service staffed by journalism students.

Kunkel said he was "floored" by a lengthy Times story Sunday that detailed chronic plagiarism, fabrications and lying by Blair during his nearly four years with the newspaper. Blair, 27, who left the university without graduating, was a driven and talented student and journalist, Kunkel said, whose work did not arouse any suspicions among the faculty. In an interview, Kunkel said the news was "like a kidney punch," saying school officials were devastated that "one of our own would turn his back on every principle that we hold dear."***

[Cincinatus' Wife]

UM launches own probe of ex-reporter's work - N.Y. Times correspondent resigned this month for plagiarism; University to review 30 articles Blair wrote while a student at College Park -*** Blair was a smart person who worked hard to chase stories and develop stories, said Olive Reid, assistant dean of the journalism school. But he also drove himself too hard, she said, not eating enough and picking up a smoking habit. "He was always working so hard to prove himself because he was a bit insecure," said Reid said. "He was always running himself ragged." That drive also made him a polarizing figure, Reid said, a person who sometimes turned people off because of his competitiveness.

Blair discussed it with Reid in a phone conversation the two had last week, after allegations of plagiarism surfaced but before the Times' story Sunday. "The first thing he said was 'I know a lot of people hate me. They're glad it happened and I gave them ammunition. I know they are happy about it,'" she said.

Kunkel said contrary to the Times report, Blair won't be able to return to Maryland to finish his degree. "You're talking about a serial plagiarist and fabulist," he said. "But I do hope he finds a way to finish his college education, because he's going to need it more than ever."***

[canuck_conservative]

"Howell, Gerald and I accept the responsibility for that."

Er, that is, as long as "accepting responsibility" means none of us has to actually resign our job ....

(Clearly, the PASS THE BUCK ethic is alive and well and living quite comfortably in the editorial officers of the NY Times.)