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The Roberts National Mendacity Tour Continues

By K.C. Johnson

In a recent appearance on the Jim Rome radio show, former New York Times columnist Selena Roberts continued her campaign of distortions and outright lies about her writings on the lacrosse case. In some ways, her remarks?part of a desperate bid to retain her credibility, so readers and the media will trust the anonymously sourced conclusions in her A-Rod book?are worse than her initial columns at the lacrosse case. Those, in theory, could be blamed on a temporary lapse in journalistic standards and an unfortunate rush to judgment. Her current remarks, however, can only be attributed to a conscious attempt to deceive. Lie: The ?Culture,? Not the ?Crime?Here, Roberts asserts that her writings were neutral on the crime, and focused solely on the team's alleged culture...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on May 07, 2009 (boomark / email).