How in the world did Jayson Blair, the reporter just fired from The New York Times for plagiarism/making shit up – think he could get away with it?
Dear Mr. Blair, EVERYBODY reads The New York Times: the little lady down the street, the politicians, the schoolteachers, the baker, the butcher, the candlestick-maker, and also, the editor of the San Antonio Express-News, from whose paper you stole stuff almost word for word.
What the hell?
Haven’t you learned? CHEATERS ALWAYS GET CAUGHT. They always do. Maybe not the first time, but eventually. You cannot get away with that shite forever.
Now I learn that over Blair’s tenure at the Times, the editors had to issue 50 corrections to stories he wrote. Maybe other reporters have HUNDREDS of corrections to their various stories, and he was on the lower end of the spectrum, but I highly doubt it. We are talking about The New York Times here, after all.
Did anyone ever stop by Blair’s desk, on his rampaging road to 50 corrections and say, “Hey there, friend, what’s up with the unnamed sources?” or “Okay, Jayson, today we have to issue correction #38 … we should probably talk about what’s going on with your reporting, bub.”
I’m glad they fired his ass.
