[Pukka Puck]

The bottom line is the New York Times was hosted on its own petard, the politically correct snobs.

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"As Washington Post columnist Howard Kurtz pointed out on his CNN show "Reliable Sources" Blair is (relatively) young, probably about 27 years old, and BLACK."

[arthurus]

hosted on its own petard

The phrase is "Hoist by his own petard."
A petard is a sort of low powered hand grenade.
The grenade gets its name form the French "petard" which is an echoic term for a particular sometimes explosive bodily function that might raise one in one's chair.

[KC_Conspirator]

Affirmative action reason that this joker rose to the top so quickly despite the total lack of competence and absence of journalistic integrity. Juan Williams got totally defensive about this on FOX News today, claiming that "well connected" white kids do it as well, although he could not name anyone. Its clear that Jayson Blair got away with this because of the atmosphere of political correctness at the NY Times.