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MEDIA CRITIC MCGOWAN CASHES IN WITH BLAIR BOOK PROJECT
New York Post ^ | 6/27/03 | KEITH J. KELLY

Posted on 06/27/2003 12:59:34 AM PDT by kattracks

Edited on 05/26/2004 5:14:59 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

June 27, 2003 -- AUTHOR William McGowan - and not disgraced ex-New York Times reporter Jayson Blair - appears to be the first writer to cash on the scandal that won't die at the Paper of Wreckage.

McGowan has signed a deal for "slightly less than six figures" to write "Gray Lady Down: Jayson Blair and How the New York Times Broke Faith With America," said Peter Collier, publisher of San Francisco-based Encounter Books, which is publishing the title. Fallout from the Blair fabrication scandal - in which he made up stories and quotes, faked datelines and otherwise ran up a trail of mistakes and outright deceit on 100 stories over more than two years - caused Executive Editor Howell Raines and Managing Editor Gerald Boyd to resign on June 5.


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1 posted on 06/27/2003 12:59:35 AM PDT by kattracks
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To: Liz; Grampa Dave; Timesink
Lookie heah.
2 posted on 06/27/2003 3:40:17 AM PDT by martin_fierro (A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
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To: martin_fierro
Blair has had no luck so far in finding a publisher for his tawdry tail of woe and deceit. .......Vigliano claimed that earlier reports about a book proposal currently circulating were based on a letter Blair sent to him. "I sent it to a friend of mine in Hollywood. That letter said the proposed title for a Blair project was "Burning Down My Master's House." ......

Let's just put this in the "Another Useless Book of the Month Club" file.

3 posted on 06/27/2003 3:47:44 AM PDT by Liz
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