"Howell Hiram Raines" is an American journalist. He was Executive Editor of The New York Times from 2001 until he left in 2003 in the wake of the Jayson Blair scandal. In 2008, he became a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio, writing the magazine's media column.

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Vacation Through an Apocalypse.

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There is no question that on the subject of physical courage and moral courage that she was Dr King's equal in every way. So far, there is nothing to suggest that she ever wavered in getting him to take the more aggressive stance he could not only on segregation, but on the Vietnam war.

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All Alabamians benefited from the vigorous political reporting in which the Post-Herald specialized for many years.

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Frankly, no newspaper is set up to monitor for cheats and fabricators.

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I know our institution has been damaged ... I accept my responsibility for that, and I intend to fix it.

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I was assigned to write the color story in the stands and on the sidelines in the Alabama-Auburn game at Legion Field in 1964, ... My first byline was in the Post-Herald and it was about Bear Bryant. So that's about as good as gets in Alabama.

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