Jayson Blair Is Back

Remember Jayson Blair? After being belched from the New York Times for plagiarism, the unrepentant Blair is recrudescing himself as a journalist for a bp (bipolar) magazine. Apparently, he blames bipolar disorder for all his problems and wrote a piece about it which impressed Editor Nancy Tobin.

Form BostonHerald.com:

"I was not a fan of Jayson Blair or what he had done," Tobin said.

But after spending a lot of time talking with Blair and having him outline his story, the magazine agreed to publish it. "If we weren't going to publish his story, what good where (sic) we?" asked Tobin, pointing out that the publication is about the disorder - and recovery.

Blair, who agreed to talk to the Herald via e-mail, said he's also among several dozen writers and others bp editors routinely turn to for feedback. He continues to pitch them stories but had to quit working on a second piece earlier this year because he said he "was not up to doing a fully reported piece."

Wait a minute! He's "not up to doing a fully reported piece?" Isn't that on his resume? And, isn't that the reason he got deep-sixed by the Times?

Anyway, the piece on bipolar disorder that got noticed was about the death of his dog. I haven't read it but, just guessing, he probably befriended the half-wolf mixed-breed after rescuing him from an abusive frontiersman owner in Alaska. Even now, he has bipolar nightmares of his dog Buck calling from the wilds of the polar hereafter.

Tip: Michelle Malkin