The New York Times is eliminating the public editor position created in 2003 after it was discovered that Jayson Blair, a former New York Times reporter, fabricated and plagiarized stories.

In a memo to staff, obtained by the Huffington Post, New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr., announced the position would be eliminated and explained the rationale behind the decision.

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