Dowd Gets Turned In

NYT columnist Maureen Dowd, who lied about something the president had said, has been turned into the Times' TIPS hotline by New York Daily News columnist Zev Chafets, yesterday:

.... New York Times spokeswoman Catherine Mathis says the paper is "looking into" the column.

If Dowd intentionally misrepresented the President's words, she is guilty of a journalistic offense much worse than Bragg's intern problem, or even Blair's fantasies.

Blair is a kid, after all, who made things up for fun and profit. Dowd is a major figure at The Times, a role model. A syndicated role model.

Other journalists, including Andrew Sullivan and Greg Pierce of The Washington Times, have noted Dowd's dot trick.

But as far as I know, I'm the first to turn her in to the TIPS hotline.

If The Times finds her guilty, it can send my reward money to the Home for Wayward Columnists.

And it should send Dowd there, too.

(Thanks, Rich.)

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Thu. 05/29/03 08:28:00 AM
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