AMIDST A CLOUD OF INK, TNR RETRACTS AND FLEES THE SCENE. Bob Owens comments: “Stay tuned. I’ll have much more later, including why Franklin Foer said nothing to justify keeping his job.”

UPDATE: Further thoughts from Patterico.

My take? Push the button, Frank.

MORE: Ouch: “pathetic, evasive, self-justifying, self-pitying, and deeply dishonest.”

Plus, a gratuitous en passant smear from Foer. It is, alas, consistent with the classless way that he and TNR have behaved throughout.

STILL MORE: The Fog of Foer.