ir ▁months ▁after ▁the ▁paper ' s ▁met ro ▁editor , ▁Jonathan ▁Land man , ▁sent ▁him ▁a ▁mem o ▁ur ging ▁him ▁" to ▁stop ▁J ays on ▁from ▁writing ▁for ▁The ▁Times . ▁Right ▁now ." ▁ ▁The ▁Bla ir ▁inqu iry ▁also ▁revealed ▁w ides p read ▁dis content ▁among ▁Times ▁staff ers ▁over ▁R aines ' ▁management ▁style , ▁which ▁was ▁described ▁as ▁arbitrary ▁and ▁heavy - hand ed . ▁According ▁to ▁a ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁article , ▁the ▁deput y ▁metropol itan ▁editor , ▁Joe ▁Se xt on , ▁was ▁quoted ▁as ▁telling ▁R aines ▁and ▁man aging ▁editor ▁Ger ald ▁Bo yd , ▁at ▁a ▁closed ▁meeting ▁of ▁employees , ▁" I ▁believe ▁that ▁at ▁a ▁deep ▁level ▁you ▁guys ▁have ▁lost ▁the ▁confidence ▁of ▁many ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁news room ▁... ▁People ▁feel ▁less ▁led ▁than ▁bul lied ." ▁On ▁another ▁occasion ▁Jer elle ▁Kra us , ▁art ▁director ▁for ▁the ▁newspaper ' s ▁week end ▁section , ▁was ▁quoted ▁as ▁saying , ▁" I ▁hope ▁things ▁sett le ▁down ▁and ▁we ▁get ▁a ▁decent ▁executive ▁editor ▁who ' s ▁reasonable . ▁How ell ▁R aines ▁is ▁someone ▁who ▁is ▁fe ared ." ▁Both ▁R aines ▁and ▁Bo yd ▁res igned . ▁ ▁The ▁paper ' s ▁owner , ▁Arthur ▁O chs ▁Sul z berger , ▁Jr ., ▁also ▁conducted ▁an ▁investigation ▁and ▁concluded ▁that ▁R aines ▁had ▁al ien ated ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁and ▁Washington ▁b ure aus . ▁R aines ' ▁res