Editor dies in fall from New York Times office building

Associated Press | 8/22/2002

[Southack]

I wouldn't get too caught up in conspiracy stories, but it's safe to say that a suicide at work is a very different beast than a suicide alone or at home.

Work-related suicides probably revolve more around employer-employee misconduct, making a statement, depression over corporate ethical misconduct, etc...

[Redbob]

Is there any possibility he was writing articles critical of Enron, then shorting Enron stock?

[Semaphore Heathcliffe]

Whatever you said, it must have been offensive. I would like an apology also. Just on principle.

[paulklenk]

I offer a complete and utter retraction. The imputation was totally without basis in fact, and was in no way fair comment, and was motivated purely by malice, and I deeply regret any distress that my comments may have caused you, or your family, and I hereby undertake not to repeat any such slander at any time in the future.

[Servant of the Nine]

It's a start.

8-))

So9

[Bigg Red]

Arkancide?

[Southack]

"Is there any possibility he was writing articles critical of Enron, then shorting Enron stock?"

Enron has been de-listed from stock exchanges for months now, I believe. Pretty tough to short a stock that can't be traded...

No, a work-related suicide at a Left-Wing organization (ala the NY Crimes) probably means that they either spiked an article of his that didn't toe the Leftist line, or some other major depressing anti-Left-Wing news hit him hard.

[Willie Green]

1929 redux

Wasn't there a prominent NY stockbroker who also took the plunge just a few weeks ago???

[ProudAmerican2]

Arkancide?

Take your medication.

[Semaphore Heathcliffe]

Well...ok.

[hoosierham]

I still don't believe Vince Foster OR the Texas energy guy committed suicide-Arkancide is a distinct possibility.

[Tijeras_Slim]

LOL! Nice touch Otto!

[aristeides]

Wasn't there a prominent NY stockbroker who also took the plunge just a few weeks ago???

Yes, a Goldman Sachs specialist in WorldCom -- or was it Global Crossing?

[aristeides]

I suppose he could have been shorting other stock, not Enron. The stock market has gone up pretty solidly the past couple of weeks. Dow finished over 9,050 today. Dollar rallied today too.

[princess leah]

Well, that palistinean terrorist committed suicide with so many self inflicted bullets, how could you doubt that this poor soul "fell" out the building (although Rush mentioned today at lunch that word was the window had to be broken before he fell?)

[ProudAmerican2]

I still don't believe Vince Foster OR the Texas energy guy committed suicide-Arkancide is a distinct possibility.

I still believe that you need to take your medication.

[Southack]

"I suppose he could have been shorting other stock, not Enron."

Of course, but that wouldn't explain a Work-related suicide.

People who off themselves while at work are doing so for entirely different reasons than the usual causes for people who take their own lives at home or while alone.

This reporter was a member of a hard-Left association, and this reporter wrote and covered Enron extensively.

Now factor those items in to a work-related suicide for your probable answer...

[aristeides]

If you work a 9-to-5 job, I imagine you'll be at work when you get a margin call or whatever.

[KneelBeforeZod]

they're just reporting the part .0000000001 seconds AFTER he jumped.

[ontos-on]

All the evidence points to just your theory. It's got to be.

Notice that the Clintons were conveniently in Martha's Vineyard at the time of the hit.