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Phillip Blanchard · **Posted:** Mon Jun 03, 2002 8:02 am

In nine short months, [Howell] Raines's hard-charging style has left plenty of bruised feelings among editors and reporters alike, even prompting Washington Bureau Chief Jill Abramson to threaten to quit if things didn't change. (Washington Post)***Oooh!******Whether it's a Canadian import brought in to pound in the last nail on the coffin of a Midwest U.S. newspaper or a New York Times veteran ascending to the top newsroom job, the editor sets the tone. If you can't live with it, you move on. (Nine "short" months? Check your calendar.)Raines, who has long been accused of playing favorites, ....***A newspaper editor playing favorites? Could that mean putting people where he wants them? Scandalous!***[ June 03, 2002: Message edited by: blanp ][ June 08, 2002: Message edited by: blanp ]

jmcg · **Posted:** Tue Jun 04, 2002 7:57 pm

For any of us who have worked in this business
for a while, Ken Auletta's suggestion that
the Times is an unhappy place run by heavy-handed
bosses is almost comical. I suspect few readers
of this site would be scared off.

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