Shamed Times Reporter Signs Deal for Memoir

foxnews.com ^ | Sept 10, 2003 | By Keith J. Kelly

[I still care]

Ex-New York Times (search) reporter Jayson Blair (search) has agreed to write a memoir about his life and the fabrication scandal that forced him to resign from the Gray Lady and ultimately bought down the paper's top two editors, The Post has learned.

[martin_fierro]

You know the drill.

[mhking]

Yet another book I ain't gonna buy....

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[I still care]

Well,this is really interesting. I must be behind the times, but I never knew Raines hired a former mental patient and a cokehead to achieve "diversity".

I'm all for giving people a chance, but he really blew it here.

[Kenton]

Burning Down My Master's House

A better title would be "Biting the Hand That Fed Me". What a punk.

[50sDad]

Isn't there some law prohibiting a criminal from profiting on his crime? Hoy!

[dighton]

Shamed ...

Shameless.

[theDentist]

The first line of the story was (surprise surprise!) incorrect. It should read:

"Ex-New York Times reporter Jayson Blair has agreed to write a fabrication about his life and the scandal that forced him to resign blah blah blah"

[Mr. K]

6 figure book deal? to say..what?

Remember when committing a shameful act made you a pariah not mentioned in polite society?

oh wait- he's a democrap so anything he does is OK

You can ever arrange to meet underage girls for perverted sex acta a burger king and the left will still embrace you if you are on their side (scott ritter)

You can be accused of SEVERAL rapes (bill clinton)

the liberals have no shame or dignity

[Francis McClobber]

I wonder who his ghost writer is going to be.

[Onelifetogive]

"Burning Down My Master's House: My Life and the New York Times,"

Am I missing something???...don't the liberals get mad when we say that "affirmative action" is akin to slavery with plantations and masters. Is he admitting that he was a "house negro" on the "massa's" plantation???

[onyx]

Debbie Raffin? Didn't she play Gidget in Gidget Goes Hawaiian or something similarly deep?

I don't fault sleazy Blair for taking the easy money! The publisher may prove to be foolish, but not if enough fools buy it.

[Liz]

Debbie Raffin? Didn't she play Gidget in Gidget Goes Hawaiian or something similarly deep?

That was Deborah Walley. Deborah Raffin is the daughter of 1940s cinema actress Trudy Marshall. A model in her teens, Raffin turned to films in the early '70s, projecting an image of easily outraged innocence. Her largest film assignments included the starring role in Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough (1977) and as the (literally) bedeviled heroine in The Sentinel (1977).

She also played Goldie Hawn's part in the weekly television version of Foul Play (1981) and was prominently cast in several made-for-TV movies, as well as the 1988 miniseries Noble House.

While her acting career has not been spectacular, Deborah Raffin has managed a successful book-on-tape service called Dove Audio, and was co-producer and co-writer of the 1993 feature film Morning Glory.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Can those whose material he stole now sue him for reimbursement on any profits he stands to make from sales of said book?

[TopQuark]

oh wait- he's a democrap so anything he does is OK

No, if anything, it is a comment on the morality of our sociery, not politics.

It's a nonevent: if this country still cares about principles, there will be a few dozen copies of this book sold; if sales are large, this tells you that gossip is more important that honor. In either case, it has nothing to do with politics.

[T Lady]

Stay tuned for a network television movie or miniseries.

-Regards, T.