One of the more damning assertions regarding the obviousness of Jayson Blair’s guilt prior to his recent discovery is the fact that the NY Times was forced to print 50 corrections over the past four years for Blair alone. This is surprising, particularly because the NY Times seems to HATE to issue corrections (you remember them misreporting the temperature increase and then dong everything they could to fudge the truth when it came time to print a correction).
In fact, they hate issuing corrections so much that some intrepid individuals decided to start another paper in the NY Region. I am sure my wise Balloon Juice readers have heard of the NY Sun and remember who started it and why…
Brian
Damn, I miss SmarterTimes.
Mac Diva
Call me Mac Surprised. I expected you to go for the race angle like most of the Right blogosphere, John Cole. Instead, you are writing about Blair as if he is what he is, a person who has done some effed up things.