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Randy Paul on Rohter: "Smells a Rat"

Blogger Randy Paul weighs in on the Rohter v. Lula dust-up. He notes that Rohter's sole quoted source, Leonel Brizola, hath no wrath like a lover scorned:

"I smelled a bit of a rat when Brizola was quoted. Broken friendships in politics in Brazil can get very ugly. There is no better example of that in recent years than the split between Itamar Franco and Fernando Henrique Cardoso. The article's writer, Larry Rohter, did not serve himself well by referencing Brizola. Maybe the Times will get a new Rio bureau chief."

The implication is clear: A NYT bureau chief in Brazil must surely know of Brizola's personal animus toward Lula, and therefore Rohter's malice and bad faith oozes from the ink on the pages of the Times.

Adeus, Larry... Oxala!

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