[Timesink]

A couple of days old, but who cares?

[Timesink]

Schadenfreude

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

I'm copying as fast as I can!!

[Grampa Dave]

BBC have left the NY Slimes, (Blair, Bragg and Clymer)!

Adios, liars, plagerists and just plain left wing A$$holes.

[ricpic]

Did anyone catch Rick Bragg on something called the Southern Humor Panel at the Tennessee Williams New Orleans Literary Festival? It was carried by C-Span. Frankly, leaving aside his political leanings, he was a genuinely funny monologist on that broadcast.

[goodnesswins]

There was an article here on FR the other day by a freelancer who claimed LOTS of freelancers write for them....and don't get named.....Bragg must be the only one who got "caught" or else they decided he was worth being the sacrificial lamb.

[backhoe]

Cross-link:

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

[Texas Eagle]

Fellow journalists on the New York Times were dismayed when Bragg claimed it was routine practice at the paper for freelances to write large chunks of articles, leading to a day of heated phone calls and emails yesterday.

Well, Howell, is it routine practice for freelances to write large chunks of articles?

Wait a minute. Who am I asking? Howell Raines is obviously no stranger to lies, so if he says, "No, it's not routine", do I believe him?

And if he says, "Yes, it is routine", do I believe him?