[Miss Marple]

I was surprised to learn Sammon had left when I found out. He was the main reason I ever read anything in the paper, and I no longer read it since he isn't there.

I can't believe that the Times has the nerve to run this editorial. It makes them look completely hypocritical and clueless.

[jveritas]

I can't believe that the Times has the nerve to run this editorial. It makes them look completely hypocritical and clueless.

Agree 100%.

[beyond the sea]

I can't believe that the Times has the nerve to run this editorial. It makes them look completely hypocritical and clueless.

A FReeper wrote earlier about this story:

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There is another dimension (above) to this editorial to dump Hastert ---- and it has to do with the Times worried about their own image with regard to a recent in-house scandal (above) involving a sexual predator.

I have heard from reliable sources at the Times that management is in near panic mode over the in-house scandal and fears that this will be used against them, tainting their image as a "family values" paper. . .etc. They are in the extreme overreacting mode and are not thinking clearly.

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I tend to give that a little credence.