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June 23, 2006
Howell Raines Still Knows How to Get Laughs
Remember Howell Raines, the former Executive Editor of the New York Times, who was forced out in the aftermath of the Jayson Blair scandal, when the Shady Gray Lady had to admit to making up the news? Here's what he has to say about Fox News:
The key to understanding Fox News is to grasp the anomalous fact that its consumers know its "news" is made up. It matters not when critics point this out to Foxite consumers because they've understood it from the outset. That's why they're there. Its chief fictioneer, Roger Ailes, had been making up news in plain sight for a half century.
Raines is also remembered for his absurd campaign to get women admitted to the Augusta National Golf Club, which provided comic relief by displacing actual news as everyone else focused on the impending war in Iraq. Thanks for the laughs, Howie!
Posted by Van Helsing at June 23, 2006 6:55 AM
Comments
You mean a CRACKED pot.
Posted by: BelchSpeak at June 23, 2006 10:18 AM
How did he ever become editor-in-chief of the NYT? The more Raines' pronouncements are publicized, the more more his lack of news judgement is exposed, the more that question must be asked of the Sulzbergers and the NYT Board of Directors. It is THEIR credibility on the line, as well as their papers'.
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Posted by: chsw10605 at June 23, 2006 4:12 PM
