Mr. Blair must be confused and hurt. After all, he was just following company policy, immitating his peers.
One could wonder if the NY Times editor is using Blair as a scapegoat to distract us from the NYT's own recent record of daily deceitful, anti-war coverage. Regularly using Baghdad Bob as a source was unwise. Raines got caught on the wrong side of the war. His anti-American, anti-Bush campaign failed. He bashes Blair. Not a very manly Clymer, is he?
Blair isn't the only reporter at the NY Times fabricating stories. Most of them do it. Blair only got caught because he didn't learn the art of subtlety in fabricating his stories. Methinks this might have been due to a need to fill a drug habit so he let his guard down.