According to Them, Downey Nice and Mean
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If Pulitzers were awarded for mean-spirited writing, your staffers Mike Downey and Chris Dufresne would qualify.
Downey’s eviscerating rip of The National was inspired cheap-shotting. At a funeral, he’s the one with the tambourine and kazoos. Weeks earlier, Dufresne ripped Sports Illustrated’s Paul Zimmerman for a few missed predictions.
How do readers gain from this nadir-level “reporting”?
ALFRED L. GINEPRA, Santa Monica
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