10 February 2006

george deutsch: not only are you an idiot, you're also a hypocrite

In today's Washington Post:
Backlash Brewing: "Speaking of kids, it isn't that George C. Deutsch , 24, the NASA press aide who quit after it turned out he lied about being a Texas A&M University graduate, didn't have any press experience. Deutsch earned his bit of fame last week when he was criticized for preventing reporters from talking to James E. Hansen , NASA's leading climate scientist, because, as the New York Times reported, Deutsch told colleagues his job was to 'make the president look good.' The non-college graduate also opined about the big-bang theory and said NASA should not discount 'intelligent design by a creator.' Deutsch did attend the Texas university and did some writing for the Battalion, the student paper. In an opinion piece in 2003 when New York Times reporter Jayson Blair was unmasked as a fabricator, Deutsch wrote: 'Blair's decisions and actions lacked ethics and integrity. As a reporter, he cared only about himself and furthering his career at the expense of the truth.' Unclear if Deutsch plans to re-enroll to finish his degree."

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