MARK JUDGE: Columbia Dean Who Praised Man Who Tortured Women Now Welcomes ‘Journalist in Residence’ Scott Pelley.

[David] Carr explored his violent, crackhead behavior in his 2008 memoir The Night of the Gun. Raised in Minneapolis, Carr, according to a Washington Post profile, “was fired from a series of jobs in Minneapolis as his life became consumed by coke snorting and dealing (not to mention dropping acid) while he checked in and out of rehab centers and kept getting arrested. His personal life was nothing to brag about, and he doesn’t: ‘My duplicity around women was towering and chronic. I conned and manipulated myself into their beds and then treated them as human jewelry, something to be worn for effect.’” While an editor at the Twin Cities Reader, Carr told a colleague she had “a nice rack.”

Then there are the truly psychotic episodes. Carr beat up a girlfriend, Anna, breaking one of her ribs and tossing  her off a dock. He also beat another girlfriend, Doolie, who called the police after he slapped her in the face. Carr: “I tortured her, mentally, verbally and, eventually, physically.” When warned that detailing such repulsive behavior could ruin his career, Carr said, “I just thought if I tried to sandpaper some corners, the whole thing would fall apart.’” In The Night of the Gun, Carr reports that he and Anna were smoking crack the day she gave birth to their premature twins.

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UPDATE (FROM GLENN): Flashback: Scott Pelley Is Out. So What?