New York Times
May 16, 2003

Jayson Blair: Fallout Goes On

To the Editor:
"Times Reporter Who Resigned Leaves Long Trail of Deception" (front page, May 11) reflects an inability to see what really set the stage for Jayson Blair's journalistic fraud.

While the editors blamed poor communication between editors as well as Mr. Blair's personal demons, they steered clear of the issue of racial double standards and the anxieties of mid-level editors worried about confronting top management about the misdeeds of a "golden boy."

If The Times really wants to extract institutional lessons from this fiasco, it needs to re-examine its fixation on diversity. It must acknowledge that at some points its enacting of this well-intentioned agenda made it vulnerable to journalistic corruption.

WILLIAM MCGOWAN
New York, May 14, 2003
The writer is the author of "Coloring the News: How Political Correctness Has
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