New York Observer
New York Times Book Review editor
Sam Tanenhaus wrote in April: "Those of us who benefited from [
Don Imus'] attention can only feel saddened now ... because we too played a part in the performance he carried too far." But he now tells
Felix Gillette: "There was a lot of piling on. I was one of the piler-on-ers. ...Let him start all over again. Why not? When I make my own inevitable disastrous screw-up, I hope someone gives me another chance."