"The Opening Line of My Obit, 'Bill Keller Who is Not Kristen'"

With heavy praise and a hint of envy for their coverage of the Spitzer story, including tonight’s revelation of ‘Kristen’, NBC’s Meredith Vieira introduced the Times’ big boss saying, “Please join me in welcoming…not Spitzer and not her…the executive editor of the New York Times, Bill Keller.”

Keller joked, “I feel like that’s the opening line of my obit, ‘Bill Keller who is not Kristen.'” And before Keller could continue, Fox News Channel’s Geraldo Rivera shouted, “Unless he was!”

It was that kind of night.

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