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    Image of RollsRoyceRevenge RollsRoyceRevenge
    11/09/09

    In reply to Jayson Blair Is Back, Blames Himself for the Current Media Crisis
    I am uncertain about his future as a life coach, but fully approve his back-up plan to be the first African American spokes-doughboy for Pillsbury. #journalismism
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Jayson Blair Is Back, Blames Himself for the Current Media Crisis
    Is it just me, or does his head look somewhat flattened? #journalismism
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    11/09/09

    @kentuckienne: It was bulldozed by the Truth Truck. #journalismism
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Jayson Blair Is Back, Blames Himself for the Current Media Crisis
    Life coach? Life coach?

    Pardon me while I laugh until I piss myself. Talk about your totally pointless "professions". Besides, hasn't the recession pretty much done away with bullshit jobs like "life coach"?

    Why am I reminded of Michael "Heckuva Job, Brownie" Brown, who attempted to open a security consultancy after being bounced from FEMA after his handling of the Hurricane Katrina response? Talk about some world-class cajones.

    Seriously, man... what's the goddamn' deal with these people? They remind me of Gatsby's friends in Fitzgerald's novel -- paraphrasing here -- creating huge messes everywhere they go, then going on their merry way as if nothing happened, expecting someone else to clean up after them. #journalismism
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    11/09/09

    @flugennock: "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy--they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the messe they had made..."

    The operative condition being "money".

    Plus I always inferred that Tom and Daisy were attractive. This guy, not so much. #journalismism
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Jayson Blair Is Back, Blames Himself for the Current Media Crisis
    Ravi, auto-play videos are of the devil.

    Re: Mr. Blair - dude needs to have a med check, because I think the Adderall is showing. I hope he knows that you're not supposed to crush or snort the time-released ones. #journalismism
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    Image of PaisleyPajamas PaisleyPajamas
    11/09/09

    In reply to Jayson Blair Is Back, Blames Himself for the Current Media Crisis
    ...a profession that not only did I personally love doing, but that I value for society...

    I admire his stepping up to the podium and trying to turn a bad into a good, but this quote? He loved it so much he faked getting the job done and he valued it so much he plagiarized others' work. He needs to choose his words more carefully if he wants to be taken seriously as someone who has done some soul searching on the wrongs he committed. #journalismism
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    11/09/09

    @PaisleyPajamas: Remember Stephen Glass, Blair's brother-in-disgrace, who fabricated a billion stories, got caught, and then went on to pursue a law degree (ha!) and publish a contrite-ish biographical novel? Your comment reminds me of the reaction of New Republic's literary editor, Leon Wieseltier--Glass' former boss:

    "The creep is doing it again. Even when it comes to reckoning with his own sins, he is still incapable of nonfiction. The careerism of his repentance is repulsively consistent with the careerism of his crimes."

    "Careerism of repentance".. Now this is a fine, useful phrase to keep in mind. #journalismism
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    11/09/09

    @snugbug: Yes! That's it exactly. Apparently they were coming from the same point of view on the "value for society" of their work. #journalismism
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Jayson Blair Is Back, Blames Himself for the Current Media Crisis
    Did anyone else find it coffee-shooting-through-the-nose funny that he was interviewed by Fox?
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    11/09/09

    @burbere002: Yes I did #journalismism
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    11/09/09

    @adiam7: I wanna see Courtney Love interviewed by Glenn Beck! And the guy who believes in the shape-shifting giant lizard conspiracy interviewed by Ann Coulter!
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    11/09/09

    @burbere002: +!!111 Yes. Grandiosity and delusions and lying being perfect for Fox and for life coaching. #journalismism
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    11/09/09

    @burbere002: How would I be able to tell the difference between the giant lizard ( in case the guy is legit and can do it) and Ann Coulter #journalismism
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Jayson Blair Is Back, Blames Himself for the Current Media Crisis
    "I delivered an unfortunate blow to a profession that not only did I personally love doing..."

    Never were truer words said. He blew the profession, and personally loved doing it. #journalismism
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    11/09/09

    @DevilsAvocadoRedux: I was going to comment on that very verb. If "doing" a profession is your idea of correct syntax, maybe it's time to go back to school. #journalismism
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Jayson Blair Is Back, Blames Himself for the Current Media Crisis
    I love this career path: do something unethical, become an ethics specialist. Last week, I got credit towards my legal ethics requirement for listening to Nixon's former lawyer discuss how not to be a crook. #journalismism
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    11/09/09

    @Z und Vielpunkt's chick: It is the American way. Only the unethical can tell you about ethics, the unfashionable about fashion and the corrupt about corruption. #journalismism
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    11/09/09

    @adiam7: Of course it's only those who get caught being corrupt who hit the lecture circuit.

    Those who can, do. Those who can't, charge $10,000 per event. #journalismism
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    11/09/09

    @adiam7: Don't forget hackers on 'net security. #journalismism
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    11/09/09

    @adiam7: Which brings us to Emily Gould: Yoga Instructor. #journalismism
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Jayson Blair Is Back, Blames Himself for the Current Media Crisis
    Not to be a stickler, but the word "disgraced" is only in the final paragraph and no where near the guy's name. #journalismism
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    11/09/09

    @Magister: Good point. Because it should be the Homeric epithet attached to him -- "disgraced former journalist." #journalismism
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    08/20/09

    In reply to Jayson Blair's Increasingly Unlikely Career Path
    A career as a Life Coach for someone who is already known for being a sham? This doesn't sound unlikely, it sounds damn near perfect.
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    08/20/09

    In reply to Jayson Blair's Increasingly Unlikely Career Path
    Can we say Guest Gawker Intern?

    C'mon, you let the other literary fraud do it, give a brotha a shot .. :[]
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    08/20/09

    @lobstr: At least he isn't doing the annoying "Well maybe I was lying but you should have known I was lying" bullshit thing.
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    08/20/09

    In reply to Jayson Blair's Increasingly Unlikely Career Path
    He might want to look up how to spell "Asperger's" before claiming he can treat it.
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    08/20/09

    @GwynethPhineus: Oh, lord, now I have to go look. I was averting my eyes before.
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    08/20/09

    In reply to Jayson Blair's Increasingly Unlikely Career Path
    If you happen to need a "lie coach," JB is your man.
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    08/20/09

    In reply to Jayson Blair's Increasingly Unlikely Career Path
    Couldn't we call St. Augustine the first Blair-esque life coach? As I recall, Augustine's confessions are all basically "do as I say and not as I did," cus *that* guy was a *baller* before he found Christ.
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    08/20/09

    @pmarble: Right on.
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    08/20/09

    In reply to Jayson Blair's Increasingly Unlikely Career Path
    Penn and Teller's Bullshit! did an episode on life coaching, and needless to say it was both sad and hilarious. The best ones are the ones who claim that an angel who lives inside of them is the one who's REALLY giving you life advice. Because if it's divinely inspired, you're more likely to fork over the cash!
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