Paper Won't Take Action Against Reporter Who Fawned Over Rice [View All]

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Perhaps worse is that McLaughlin wasn't even given a slap on the wrist for her actions -- which either showed her to be a sycophant or not ready for prime time.

Editor John Robinson, in his blog on the paper's Web site, started off by scolding his reporter:

ROBINSON: "Nancy's closing comment to Rice -- 'We love you here in Greensboro' -- was inappropriate, to say the least, and she shouldn't have said it. She knows it, too.

Robinson then ends the post with what I guess was an attempt at humor:

ROBINSON: "To avoid any perception of preferential treatment, Nancy won't be covering stories about Rice or the State Department."

Of course she won't. McLaughlin, remember, is the religion writer.

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