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To: LindyBill who wrote (837)	5/10/2003 1:44:35 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793968

Quite an article on Blair. It lays out the deception, and shows that a year ago one editor, at least, was calling for his dismissal. Instead, he got off with "counseling," and a transfer to the National Desk, a plum assignment. Where the Editors were never told of his prior problems! Blair was hired short of his degree, after a student intern program, directly by the Times. This, on a paper that prides itself on hiring people only after they have been seasoned on other papers. The one major point that is not mentioned in this article, that explains why he got away with it for so long, is that Raines was holding Blair up as a "Poster Boy" for minority hiring. He mentioned him in several speeches. Raines fingerprints are all over this mistake.The paper was obviously giving this man latitude they would never have given another reporter.

To: LindyBill who wrote (837)	5/10/2003 3:24:17 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793968

Times Reporter Who Resigned Leaves Long Trail of Deception Looks good. But this may well be a professional structural thing as much as a Times thing. We may well see some changes meant to reduce the possibility of these things happening in newspapers across the country. And, no doubt, if that happens, the pendulum will swing too far in the opposite direction. Best I can tell the Times is doing the right thing here. Let's hope they get it all out; don't try to tuck some of the more damaging parts of the story in a drawer somewhere.