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

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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.

[Alberta's Child]

My nomination for Best Post of the Week.

[Carolinamom]

#52 ANOTHER BELLY LAUGH! Thanks.

[Jonx6]

ping

[DannyTN]

LOL That's great. Another nail in the coffin for liberal media!!!

We all knew it was fake. Thanks Ann for the proof!

[Carolinamom]

Thanks for this PRICELESS ping! Packer might want to meet the famous Tourist Guy too.

[RonDog]

FOFL ... Thanks for posting Ann's article .. Gotta Love It!

See also, from:

True Grit: I could hardly breathe. Gulping for air, I started crying...
TownHall.com ^ | Thursday, June 12, 2003 | by Ann Coulter
Posted on 06/11/2003 9:20 PM PDT by JohnHuang2

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/927420/posts (CORRECT link)

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To: JohnHuang2

. . . .

Good Grief, 13 posts till the first picture?? And I am in a sling!

15 posted on 06/11/2003 9:42 PM PDT by RaceBannon

[cyncooper]

And while I'm at it, I'll point out another known to the media attendee who was not identified fully in their reporting on the alleged "fans of Hillary" coverage, but Ann does:

From her article (and a Google bears her out. Note this is a "first in line" at a different location than Mr. Packer attended.):

First in line for Hillary's book at Barnes & Noble at Lincoln Center on Sunday night was Charles Greinsky, who told the New York Daily News he rushed out at midnight to get one of the first books because he supported Hillary's health-care plan. A few years ago, the Associated Press identified Greinsky more fully. It turns out he is "a longtime Clinton campaigner" from Staten Island, who has been the Clintons' guest several times both at the White House and at their home in Chappaqua, N.Y.

[TLBSHOW]

Ann Coulter Bump

[Howlin]

OMG.....I am absolutely LOVING this..........LOL.

[Liz]

Andy Warhol would love it.

[Howlin]

We knew it was all a hoax!

Read #87!

[jpl]

Those are good points. If the media people know who these guys are (and they obviously do), presenting them as "random guys on the street" is highly dishonest to say the least. She is right in that regard.

[Im Your Huckleberry]

I really hope the NY Post and others start doing some digging. This would be fantastic if we could confirm one more scandalous piece of "fiction" from the New York Slimes.

Too funny. They better not let this go, and they better follow this up. This could be big. Manufacturing quotes from supposed "average citizens" using the same fictional name over and over?

Yes, this is big. It discredits not just the paper, further, it also should discredit a few dozen more of their writers that must all be in on the gag...

[cyncooper]

The media outright lying about the demand for this lie-filled book ticks me off more than the wench that wrote it. She wouldn't get away with it if not for these enablers. And just think---these two--Greinsky and Packer--were easily found out by Ann because they'd been mentioned in previous newspaper accounts. How many of these line attendees are ordinary union types and campaign workers whose names would not appear automatically on a search of articles, but a little digging....There is clearly NOT the demand for this book some in the media tried to portray on Monday.

[RonDog]

From the OTHER thread:

To: dead

STUART RAMSON/The Associated Press
Greg Packer of Huntington, N.Y., participates
in discussion during a historic 21st century
town hall meeting yesterday to consider World
Trade Center site plans.

65 posted on 06/12/2003 8:33 AM PDT by Spiff (Liberalism is a mental illness - a precursor disease to terminal Socialism.)

[Im Your Huckleberry]

And the NY Times just happens to pick him out and quote him for each story?

I find that highly suspect regardless of whether he's real or not...

[wimpycat]

I don't know which is more pathetic...a grown man whose hobby in life is to meet famous people, or the New York Times designating him the "average man on the street".

[hellinahandcart]

Hmm. No one at FR is currently using the name "Greg Packer". ;D

[SquirrelKing]

*sigh*

[hellinahandcart]

Come here.

This is too precious.

I'm a woman, but I could just KISS Ann Coulter for writing this one...