XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUN MAR 7, 2004 22:10:18 ET XXXXX
NY TIMES SET TO SLAM JAYSON BLAIR 'TELL ALL'
The NEW YORK TIMES is set to trash disgraced former reporter Jayson Blair's alleged tell-all account behind the journalism scandal that rocked the Old Gray Lady and forced the resignations of Executive Editor Howell Raines and Managing Editor Gerald Boyd in the Summer of '03.
"Should you believe anything written by a serial liar?" Jack Shafer, on loan from Slate.com, begins his dissection of 'Burning Down
My Master's House' -- a review that is set for publication next week in the TIMES esteemed book section.
From there Shafer unleashes a barrage of insults including the assesment that "Burning Down
My Master's House" is a "shoddily written and filibustering book."
"Far from solving the Jayson Blair enigma," Shafer writes, "this
sloppy, padded and dishonest work only adds to his
growing word count of lies."
More snippets:
"...contrition is a dish served not at all in this
memoir."
"From the heights of confession, Blair rappels down
Mount Excuse, blaming everybody but himself for his
offenses."
"It appears that Blair has always been a thief,
something 'Burning Down My Master's House' neglects to
mention."
"Every con man loves his con, and few are as lucky as
Blair to enshrine their version in book form."
"The Times is a flawed, human institution that
deserved every brick tossed at it except this one.
Jayson Blair is a confessed con man, and 'Burning Down
My Master's House' is just another installment in his
ongoing con."
Developing...
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