Washington Post Editor Calls Carr NYT Column 'Stupid, False'
Today, Timesman David Carr [left] wrote about Washington Post Co. chief Donald E. Graham‘s trip to New York last week, and snagged a timeless quote about Graham from Slate media critic Jack Shafer: “He’s like a stripper who won’t take his clothes off and the audience still loves it.”
Great column, ‘cept the Post‘s Len Downie doesn’t like teases like Carr:
12/11/2006 08:12 AM
To: NEWS — All Newsroom@WashPostMain
Subject: Today’s New York TimesIn a New York Times business section column today praising Don Graham for his leadership of The Washington Post Company, David Carr inexplicably wrote: “Newsroom layoffs of an unspecificed number are in the offing.”
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