Word: columnist
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...appropriate. Yet those who see a double standard have a point. The main reason Barnicle was able to hang on to his job is that a powerful network of whites leaped to his defense. Radio talk show host Don Imus, NBC Washington bureau chief Tim Russert, Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen and CNN's Larry King minimized the seriousness of Barnicle's transgressions. Staples, the big office-supply chain, hinted that it might yank its advertising if Barnicle left the Globe. The pressure gave Barnicle time to make his case for leniency and moved Storin to find a face-saving...
...just thinking[1]...that without the factor of race, last week's big dustup over Boston Globe columnist Mike Barnicle would have been seen as much ado about nothing.[2] The only reason anyone cared whether Barnicle, a white male, had recycled--without attribution--a few one-liners from comedian George Carlin was that only a few weeks ago another Globe columnist, Patricia Smith, a black female, had been forced to resign for making up stories...
...think this long national nightmare could be ended with a 4-minute half-apology? It seems so; the rally that began Monday with the President's testimony only picked up steam the morning after his terse speech, with the Dow rising almost 140 points by closing. TIME Wall Street columnist Daniel Kadlec thinks investors are kidding themselves...
MIKE BARNICLE Columnist charged with stealing George Carlin's jokes. Good Lord, is that a hanging offense...
Barnicle has taken heat before. The late Chicago columnist Mike Royko twice accused him of plagiarism; in another incident the Globe settled for $75,000 after lawyer Alan Dershowitz charged that Barnicle had attributed a phony quote to him. So when Smith was fired, many thought Barnicle should go with her. Last week Dershowitz was feeling vindicated: "It was the most open secret in all of Boston that Barnicle was a fiction writer." Though Barnicle's popularity could get him employed elsewhere, he says he doesn't want to go anywhere else. "If they end up firing me, jeez...