The Times' Designated Man in the Street (Coulter outs Times)

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[Republican Red]

Thursday, June 12, 2003 The Times' Designated Man in the Street

When the New York Times needs to find a man in the street to interview they never have to look very far - they have one on tap suitable for every occasion.

Thanks to a sharp-eyed Ann Coulter, one Greg Packer has been outed as the media's designated man in the street - a role Mr. Packer has played more than 100 times, Coulter discovered.

His latest assignment for the Times was to be the average man in the street in line waiting to buy Mrs. Clinton's newest work of fiction.

Wrote Coulter, author of the forthcoming blockbuster "Treason": "Another average individual eager to get Hillary's book was Greg Packer, who was the centerpiece of the New York Times' "man on the street" interview about Hillary-mania. After being first in line for an autographed book at the Fifth Avenue Barnes & Noble, Packer gushed to the Times: 'I'm a big fan of Hillary and Bill's. I want to change her mind about running for president. I want to be part of her campaign.'

"It was easy," Coulter noted "for the Times to spell Packer's name right because he is apparently the entire media's designated "man on the street" for all articles ever written. He has appeared in news stories more than 100 times as a random member of the public. Packer was quoted on his reaction to military strikes against Iraq; he was quoted at the St. Patrick's Day Parade, the Thanksgiving Day Parade and the Veterans' Day Parade. He was quoted at not one - but two - New Year's Eve celebrations at Times Square. He was quoted at the opening of a new "Star Wars" movie, at the opening of an H&M clothing store on Fifth Avenue and at the opening of the viewing stand at Ground Zero. He has been quoted at Yankees games, Mets games, Jets games - even getting tickets for the Brooklyn Cyclones. He was quoted at a Clinton fund-raiser at Alec Baldwin's house in the Hamptons and the pope's visit to Giants stadium."

If the Times and the rest of the New York media don't pay this guy, he's getting short changed.

[TontoKowalski]

You have GOT to read this article. Coulter's research on a NY Times' Man on the Street!

This is a blockbuster that won't get the attention it deserves.

[Pest]

I am starting to wonder if there are actually any real liberal supporters. Maybe all of the people you see on TV and in the newspapers are on the payroll of the DNC, the NY Times, or the other liberal media outlets. Heck, even DU might be largely populated by paid DNC employees!

[LizardQueen]

Is his middle name "Fudge"?

LQ

[TontoKowalski]

Heck, even DU might be largely populated by paid DNC employees!

I'm convinced that DU is populated by Freepers in disguise, who post the most outlandish statements possible to discredit the dems in the eyes of anyone with half a brain.

[rattrap]

Aparently he shares his name with a popular dance music DJ, it explains a lot of the google hits.

[PaulJ]

Greg Packer, according to this article.
This guy is like Zelig!

[zlala]

Greg "Waldo" Packer

[Howlin]

OMG.......I love this........"I could hardly breathe" I was laughing so hard!

[Pest]

"I'm convinced that DU is populated by Freepers in disguise, who post the most outlandish statements possible to discredit the dems in the eyes of anyone with half a brain."

If they aren't, it sounds like a good idea!

[Howlin]

Thanks for the ping.......I'm still laffin'

[Guillermo]

I'd be willing to bet "Greg Packer" doesn't even exist.

[NittanyLion]

Search for Greg Packer and New York Times and it will eliminate those other hits.

[Guillermo]

DU'ers hate the NY Times. They swear it's a tool of the right-wing media.

[BibChr]

Excellent ping, thanks.

Coulter has her ticks, but she does have a razor-sharp mind, wit and tongue.

Hope she never gets on MY case!

Dan

[quark]

Agree. Greg Packer = General Public. Another NYT fiction. The fun never ends...

[Dan from Michigan]

Bwhahahaha. Busted.

[NittanyLion]

NBA.com

When they entered The Theater, Knicks fans were already buzzing about a rumored trade bringing Antonio McDyess to the Big Apple for the Marcus Camby, Mark Jackson and the rights to the No. 7 pick. Fans were working their cell phones as tirelessly as general managers.

"What's the deal?" was the most asked question on those phones. Even the women who were selling the 2002 NBA Draft caps were weighing in on the Knicks pick.

"I think they need to add a bug guy," said one. Greg Packer, of Huntington, N.Y., who was attending his second draft, had an opinion as to who the Knicks would draft.

"They need Wilcox," Packer said. "They need to get bigger."

[ewing]

Good to know, Tourist Guy fills potholes for a living on the highway crew..

[jpl]

He exists. Read the article in Post #26. He's a nutcase who is obsessed with always being the first person on line to see famous people when they come to New York.

[NittanyLion]

In Times Square, Greg Packer, 39, a highway maintenance worker from Long Island, wore a black t-shirt with "War" written on it to show his support.

"9/11 was the catalyst. Having been in the city on that day, and seeing how the streets were so empty and the sky smelling so bad, it really reminded me that we had to do whatever we had to do," he said. "And tonight is the night."

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