It isn't easy to get a good job in journalism. If you happen to land one of those good jobs – for example, as a staff writer at the New York Times – you might be someone that others could look to for career advice. If, however, you are someone that lost that job in public disgrace because of a history of serial fabulism, career advice might not be your forte.
Meet Jayson Blair, career counselor. Actually, not just a career counselor but a certified life coach – a certification that sounds like the premise of a comedy sketch. Ahem.
I'm not sure what else to say about this because my comedy instincts say "try not to make jokes about inherently funny situations; let the truth do the heavy lifting."
So there it is: Jayson Blair, notorious fuck-up, will tell you how you can improve your own life. I think we've found the only job easier to hang out a shingle for than "legal ethics expert."
via Brendan Koerner
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Who says there are no second acts in American lives?
There's something recursive about this, though. Doesn't the fact that he has managed to wrangle this gig show that he does, in fact, have something to say about making chicken salad out of chicken shit?
Ken, I would give a very hard look at that chicken salad before eating.
'If you can't do it, coach it.'
I notice that he can't spell Asperger's. And didn't spellcheck. It appears that he's still holding on to the high standards he originally set for himself.
When I told my wife about this, she said "Life coach, huh? Well, I guess all that experience making stuff up will come in handy!"