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After reading the letter, Keller called Gilbey, a British journalist living in New York, and asked her to coffee at the Times cafeteria. Gilbey, at the time, had a reputation as something of a power-dater; her exes included Senator John Kerry and Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour. An affair ensued, which shocked Keller’s friends. “I felt bad for everyone involved,” says Stephen Engelberg, a former Times reporter. “This was not characteristic behavior at all. I wouldn’t pretend to be Bill’s psychologist, but he didn’t get a red sports car, so …” Link
Not like we expected some sort of act of integrity for the NYTimes. I mean these are the people who were OK endorsing McCain while holding this “Bombshell/Dud”. I guess we can chalk it up to the fact that hey, Keller just likes affairs.
H/T: Deceiver.com
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:26 am
I always thought the press would turn on McCain the minute he became the nominee, and my prediction is coming true. To be fair, they would have been equally against any other GOP candidate, but if you thought McCain would get any better treatment than other Republicans just because the press preferred him in the primaries, you were mistaken.
February 22nd, 2008 at 1:08 pm
But they clearly wanted McCain over Romney so they waited until
that was over.
February 22nd, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Here’s an interesting article I found discusing the transaction in question.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lanny-davis/my-role-involving-todays_b_87788.html
February 22nd, 2008 at 3:05 pm
I forget - for which office is Keller running?