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Posted on 05/23/2003 1:35:28 AM PDT by kattracks
As if the New York Times doesn't already have its hands full with the burgeoning Jayson Blair scandal, Times executives picked this week to begin a new regimen of anti-terror training.
"Hooded, orange gas masks are being distributed this week as part of a chemical weapons response plan," the New York Post reported on Thursday. "Times staffers have been lining up for hourlong sessions instructing them how to use the ominous-looking devices. "
"We began offering safety training sessions on May 13," a Times spokesman told the tabloid. The regimen includes instruction in the use of escape hoods in the event of smoke, nuclear, biological or chemical contamination at the paper's West 43rd Street headquarters.
But a WMD attack may not be the biggest fear now concerning Times honchos. "At least four of the Times' flashiest writers," says the Post, are now facing new scrutiny in the wake of the Blair scandal.
A source tells the tabloid that a flood of email tips on possible Blair-like offenses has poured in over the cyber-transom, and that the journalists now in the crosshairs may in fact be the victims of a "Blair Witch Hunt."
With blood in the water, however, the Times wants to stay ahead of the scandal curve. The media sharks have already begun circling, and rumors are swirling that the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal have investigative teams on the case.
"If somebody else goes down, then people think [top editor Howell Raines] is out. That's the prevailing wisdom around here," the Post's source said.
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If these work properly, they should wear them all the time and they wouldn't have to smell their own stench.
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Terrorists are the perfect examples of "black and white" world view. To them, NYT is a frigging den of depraved infidels, which is also a "Jewish" outfit. Maybe it is a lower prority target. But In no way, it is completely off their list.
As if the New York Times doesn't already have its hands full with the burgeoning Jayson Blair scandal, Times executives picked this week to begin a new regimen of anti-terror training.
As if the New York Times doesn't already have its hands full with the burgeoning Jayson Blair scandal, Times executives picked this week to begin a new regimen of anti-terror training.
* The anonymous source, if in fact one exists, generally is a coward who tells more than he or she knows.
* The reporter permitted to use such sources often writes more than he or she hears.
The only sure way to separate fact from fiction is to ban all anonymous sources. If your newspaper uses them, be very, very skeptical.
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