| The Jayson Blair Witch Project | | Date Created: Nov 09, 2004, 05:24 PM |
 A new book out this month revisits the Jayson Blair scandal at the New York Times and reveals the friction and near-adversarial relationship between the paper's top editors and the reporting team assigned to uncover the scandal.
Hard News: The Scandals at the New York Times and Their Meaning for American Media, by Seth Mnookin, is excerpted in this month's Vanity Fair.
Mnookin describes the tight rope reporters had to walk when they reported on their bosses. Until their story of Blair's massive deceptions was published they feared Howell Raines and Gerald Boyd would resort to heavy-handed editing. The piece also describes the tense three-hour interview they conducted with Raines.
Looks like a good read.
Update: Review in CJR
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