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Plagiarist reporter back in business
Boston Herald ^ | December 10, 2006 | Jessica Heslam

Posted on 12/10/2006 7:51:46 AM PST by ConservativeStatement

After a humiliating plagiarism scandal that rocked the New York Times [NYT], Jayson Blair is quietly resurrecting his journalism career by writing about the very subject he says brought him down: Bipolar disorder.

Blair, 30, has been lending his expertise to 3-year-old bp (bipolar) magazine. He wrote a first-person piece about bipolar disorder and the role it played in his downfall that bp magazine ran last year.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bostonherald.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: blair; jaysonblair; journalism; nytimes; plagiarism
Why do I get the feeling this will be a topic on Howie Carr tomorrow?
1 posted on 12/10/2006 7:51:48 AM PST by ConservativeStatement
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

The media is cannibal. This little turd will be consumed again.

Either we are equal or we are not. Good people ought to be armed where they will, with wits and guns. Merry Christmas


2 posted on 12/10/2006 7:55:52 AM PST by dhuffman@awod.com (The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

I thought this was going to be about Jimmy Carter stealing maps for his book. Perhaps Carter is bi-polar too.


3 posted on 12/10/2006 7:57:43 AM PST by The Brush
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Oh, puh-leeeeeeeeeeeeeease.

Typical liberal... totally unable to take responsibility for his own actions. "Waaaaah, it was the bipolar disorder that did it! IT's NOT MY FAULT!!!"


4 posted on 12/10/2006 7:58:26 AM PST by snowrip (Liberal? YOU HAVE NO RATIONAL ARGUMENT. Actually, you lack even a legitimate excuse.)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
He wrote a first-person piece about bipolar disorder and the role it played in his downfall that bp magazine ran last year.

"...a first-person piece...":  Blair found something he could write about that nobody could fact check him on. Smart move.

5 posted on 12/10/2006 8:01:10 AM PST by snarks_when_bored
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

What a crock.


6 posted on 12/10/2006 8:02:19 AM PST by Rb ver. 2.0
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Where will his "victimhood" end?

"It's because I'm black"

"It's because I'm only 4 feet tall"

"It's because I'm bi-polar" (yeah....sure)



How about the fact that you're another Lying Liberal who would have never had the job at the Times if it were not for your obvious "victimhood' on full display, and the effort by the "enlightened" crowd to ignore qualifications in lieu of "diversity"


7 posted on 12/10/2006 8:05:20 AM PST by digger48
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Not guilty by reason of bipolar disorder.


8 posted on 12/10/2006 8:06:50 AM PST by windsorknot
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To: snowrip
... but he’s quick to point out that his “personality and character flaws” did as well.

Doesn't sound to me like he's blaming it all on the disease. The MSM would seem to be offering him that option, but he's not taking it.
9 posted on 12/10/2006 8:08:18 AM PST by BMIC
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Plagiarist Jayson Blair was quoted as saying,
"I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all."
10 posted on 12/10/2006 8:12:49 AM PST by MaryFromMichigan
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Bipolar disorder?

Well, at least he's not blaming his theft, lies, and fraud on booze...


11 posted on 12/10/2006 8:23:14 AM PST by Clifford The Big Red Dog (Woof!)
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To: digger48

I was hoping he'd blame it on Howell Raines raping him...


12 posted on 12/10/2006 9:01:09 AM PST by Doctor Raoul (Why is the Viagra car in NASCAR a Ford and not a Stretch Limo?)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

After a humiliating plagiarism scandal that rocked the New York Times [NYT], Jayson Blair is quietly resurrecting his journalism career by


ghost writing Jimmy Carter's next book.


13 posted on 12/10/2006 10:47:34 AM PST by freedomfiter2
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Perhaps this article is also a result of Bipolar disorder?


14 posted on 12/10/2006 10:50:45 AM PST by dforest
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

What a putz. Ever notice how careeer-oriented liberals keep getting break after break, them more they fail?


15 posted on 12/11/2006 6:55:34 AM PST by redstates4ever
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