What the New York Times Deserves(A ToThePoint™ Memo)

It should be payback time for the New York Times' inflicting its deceitful liberal pretentiousness upon America. Here's a suggestion for a conservative law firm such as the Landmark Legal Foundation or the Washington Legal Foundation:

With one or more disgruntled subscribers, initiate a class-action suit against the New York Times for willful negligence regarding Jayson Blair’s journalistic inventions. Blair wrote at least 60 such stories.

There is abundant evidence that Blair’s editors were negligent in detecting or acting upon his fraudulent behavior. The suit should therefore demand that a pro-rated refund be paid to all New York Times subscribers for the 60 issues containing Blair’s fabrications.

The paid circulation of the New York Times is about 1.2 million subscribers. The average cost per issue is 50 cents. Refunding $30 per subscriber for the fraudulent and willfully negligent 60 issues would thus total $36 million.

The suit should also demand a quite reasonable treble punitive damages. That would make an additional $108 million. Thus the suit would be for a total of $144 million to be refunded and paid to New York Times subscribers.

Naturally, Jayson Blair should be a party to the suit and be required to personally pay part of the money owed: an amount equivalent to any and all monies he earns from cashing in on his fraud (such as book deals).

Once the suit is launched, everyone should then pray that the New York Times refuses to settle. Contesting the suit would then give the plaintiff discovery rights. Gaining discovery means the New York Times must turn over to the plaintiff’s lawyers any and all documents and correspondence pertaining to Jayson Blair.

Wouldn’t it be interesting to see Howell Raines’ e-mails regarding Jayson Blair?

Discovery would expose the entire Raines-Blair can of worms. It would be the tipping point required for Raines to be fired. Then Chairman Arthur Sulzberger might be persuaded to choose an intellectually honest journalist as editor of the New York Times, instead of a left-wing propagandist.

The opportunity has arrived for the New York Times – and Howell Raines – to get what they deserve. Let's hope a top-notch conservative legal firm seizes it.