The Old Grey Info-Slut... the NYT/Jayson Blair Affair

various FR links | 05-13-03 | The Heavy Equipment Guy

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TIMES WEIGHS CORRECTION TO MEGA APOLOGY
New York Post ^ | 5/28/03 | KEITH J. KELLY

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Press credibility erosion factors
Washington Times ^ | Wednesday, May 28, 2003 | By Bruce Bartlett

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Impromptus: Ambush! Peeking through the Hedges. Advice to the Harvard-bound. And more
NRO ^ | 5/27/2003 | Jay Nordlinger
How dare I imply that affirmative action had anything to do with the Blair mess!

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New York Times Suspension Exposes Issue Over Bylines (When it Raines, it Pours)
Wall Street Journal ^ | 5/27/03 | Matthew Rose, Douglas A. Blackmon, and Brian Steinberg

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A reporter's insults [NYT reporter Chris Hedges: hostile graduates war-crazed animals]
Washington Times ^ | 5/26/2003 | By Greg Pierce

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The Times also has a columnist problem (Maureen Dowd Under Review)
New York Daily News ^ | 5/28/03 | Zev Chafets

Jayson Blair is the proximate cause of this humiliating hotline. But some of the TIPS coming into The Times aren't about Blair...

Blair is a kid, after all, who made things up for fun and profit. Dowd is a major figure at The Times, a role model. A syndicated role model.

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I'll say one thing- this story is not dying out:

 

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Blair Gets the Hollywood Treatment: New Developments (laugh break)
THE NEW YORK OBSERVER ^ | 6/2/2003 edition | Bruce Feirstein

So typically Hollyweird, could even be real, not satire.

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Jayson Revolt: 43rd St. Petition by Times Tyros (group wants end to newsroom favoritism)
The New York Observer. ^ | 6/2/2003 edition | Sridhar Pappu

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Blair Follows the 'Rules'-- Portrait of the Careerist as a Young Man
The Village Voice ^ | Issue dated May 28-June 3 | Cynthia Cotts

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Timesgate Hits Maureen Dowd
Newsmax.com ^ | 5-28-03 | Carl Limbacher

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I've never seen anybody create their own personal thread before. Sorry for the intrusion.

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Inside Politics: Dowd's [phony] 'correction'
Washington Times ^ | Thursday, May 29, 2003 | By Greg Pierce

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Rick Bragg's Lousy Alibi:Suspended New York Times reporter insists-wrongly-that everybody does it
Slate ^ | May 27, 2003 | Jack Shafer

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Firestorm in the Newsroom: Times’s national staff defends their reporting methods
NEWSWEEK via MSNBC ^ | 5/28/02 | Seth Mnookin

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Times expands Blair probe
New York Daily News ^ | 5/28/03 | PAUL D. COLFORD


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2ND TIMES SCRIBE CALLS IT QUITS
New York Post ^ | KEITH J. KELLY

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From Duranty to Blair - Tradition Continues
National Post ^ | May 29, 2003 | Ian Hunter

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The Jayson Blair Case: At the New York Times, the Spin Cycle Never Ends
Toogood Reports ^ | 27 May 2003 | Nicholas Stix

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High-Flyer Quits Amid Plagiarism Accusations (Rick Bragg)
Independent (UK) ^ | 5-30-2003 | David Usborne

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New York Times issues memo to staff following freelancer debate (Blair-Bragg fallout)
NEWSDAY via AP ^ | May 29, 2003


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Maureen Dowd not wanted here
The Lufkin Daily News ^ | 5/30/03 | MARC R. MASFERRER

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Interview: Free Republic Leader Discusses New York Times Protest
Talon News ^ | Thursday, May 29, 2003 | Stephen Dewey

Therefore, its recent record of false reporting, such as this month's story that GIs had been given orders to shoot Iraqi looters on sight or last year's story that former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was opposed to using force against Saddam Hussein's regime, does more than just damage the reputation of The Times -- it has a detrimental effect on the ability of the American people to make decisions on the important issues of the day.