[PJ-Comix]

During his time in New York, Blair managed to seduce not only his fellow beat reporters but also masthead titans. "He was always having drinks with the right editors," recalls a former Times writer.

"Seduce?" Hmmm.... I wonder if the authors of this article are hinting at something.

[Texas Eagle]

"Seduce?" Hmmm.... I wonder if the authors of this article are hinting at something.

Could be. I've heard it said that 3/4ths of the NYT editorial board are homosexuals.

[garbanzo]

What's of broader concern to me is that we'd had recently a number of cases in variety of different fields of young "superstars" who turn out to be frauds and have seriously embarrassed venerable institutions. The pattern with the Blair case is familar - the long mounting suspicion, the weak reprimands, the increasingly implausible denials by the accused, the willing suspensions of disbelief on behalf of the superiors, and the final fall.

I'm wondering if we have generation of youth entering the workplace who are more concerned with being famous than being right.

[Tacis]

I haven't read the entire article but believe that it is clear that someone needs to defend the New York Times. It is grossly unfair, let me repeat that, it is grossly unfair to be critical of the New York Times.

Now, as always, the New York Times has a political agenda to advance. It is UNFAIR to expect them to be factual or objective at the same time. Sure, they can try, they can claim to do so, but they can't be 100% accurate. They are only human, after all.

And, to expect an African-American employee of the NYT to be held to the same standards as a non-minority employee is, well, frankly, racist. So, too, is the NYT firing a black employee for doing just what NYT employees have always done, distort the facts and truth to comply with the paper's political agenda.

This fine young man, a young journalist, learning his trade was fired solely because he is black. I hope he will take his solid claim to the courts. There, I hope, he will be allowed to present his evidence before one of the fine judges endorsed over the years by the NYT. Alas, none of the judges opposed by the NYT are available to hear this brave African-American's claim of racial bigotry and discrimination. But, the judges in NYC appointed by Willie will certainly decide properly.

[dennisw]

My prediction is it will come out he on drugs. Anything from marijuana on up.

[Just mythoughts]

Considering how tainted the NYTimes is on most of its reporting, this seducing business has been going on a long time, maybe Blair was seduced first.

[jackbill]

Now that the NY Times has "outed" Blair, how long must we wait for them to out Walter Duranty and his Pulitzer "for reporting from Russia"?

In case you are unaware, Walter Duranty covered up the deaths of millions in the "state induced" famine in Ukraine during the 1930's. He was awarded a Pulitzer Prize and the NY Times has maintained it on the "wall" of Pulitzer winners.

Duranty was a Communist sympathizer and the NY Times knows it. Yet they refuse to return the Pulitzer. I've known individuals who operate like that. They are generally called prostitutes.

[Lancey Howard]

Anyone who takes a look at its daily work—the paper's Page A2 corrections box—cannot avoid the conclusion that the paper of record is serious about its job.

Yeah, for example shortly after Clinton took office The Gray Old Whore had an article about how Clinton had turned the economy around. A couple of days later the Times had a "correction" buried somewhere in which they admitted that the economic turnaround was well underway at the end of the Bush term.

These people at the New York Times are scumbags with an agenda. Period.
They have no regard for truth and accuracy as long as their people are slick enough to not get exposed for their lying. That's why they have such admiration for liars like Clinton. What was it Bob Kerry said about Clinton's ability to lie?

[RJL]

If the New York Times works real hard on its truthfulness and accuracy for the next decade or so they might be considered as truthful and accurate as Matt Drudge.