That’s in interesting tidbit. Is it true? Wonder how, if it is, it got forgotten. /sarc
Yes, it's true.
From: http://www.forbes.com/2002/02/11/0211rubin.html
Rubin Red-Faced Over Enron? Not In The Times Mark Lewis, 02.11.02, 1:30 PM ET
NEW YORK - Just in time for Valentine's Day, The New York Times today delivered a remarkable front-page bouquet to Robert Rubin, in the form of an unusually generous assessment of the former Treasury secretary's attempted string-pulling on Enron's behalf.
The Times has been a bulldog on the subject of Enron's (otc: ENRNQ - news - people ) unsuccessful attempts last fall to stave off collapse by seeking help from its friends in the Bush Administration. But Rubin's role had been oddly de-emphasized by the Paper of Record.
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