Dept. of Dragging Things Out: Ape Responds

Published: April 18, 2008, 9:54 am

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An apology to our regular readers. I don’t want to make this whole situation anymore protracted than it need be. But I feel the need to respond to a few things. First: that my getting fired from The Post was some sort of publicity stunt. It was not. While it is true that I was interested in leaving my job, I had applied to other positions within The Post and was not interested in being fired. My intention for revealing my identity touched upon something the newspaper, all newspapers, hold dear: full disclosure. A lot of KSK’s content involves taking shots at other writers (Bill Simmons, Peter King, Tony Kornheiser, Michael Wilbon, etc.) and doing so anonymously is all well and good until you build a considerable audience and start getting paid to do it. Second: this story from Editor & Publisher, which takes pains to detail The Post’s position on employee conduct, but notes at the end that I could not be reached for comment. I could not be reached because no

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