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I can indeed dismiss her. Dowd popularized a faked quotation during the presidential campaign, claiming that Kerry made that ridiculous comment about NASCAR. The NYT ran with it, used it half a dozen times in different ways. The media bought it and spread it further, aiding and abetting the successful attempt to paint Kerry as rich and out of touch (unlike the poor, plebeian Bush). Dowd never apologized, the NYT never censured her for it.
I refuse to read her or take her seriously. That she had as much space as she did in the Magazine only proves it's what has long been said of that part of the paper: it's a "vast landfill of print."
