I'm saying that the WMD reporting was not consciously evil. It was bad journalism, even very bad journalism. - Daniel Okrent

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Daniel Okrent

I'm saying that the WMD reporting was not consciously evil. It was bad journalism, even very bad journalism.

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The pursuit of balance can create imbalance because sometimes something is true.

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That first week, I also went to Washington. That was really tough. I sympathize with those Washington figures who have to face 40 Times Washington bureau reporters. They ask hard questions and they're relentless. And they were quite suspicious and quite dubious about me.

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It's a very complicated issue about when is a fact not a fact in the context of opinions.

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Is the New York Times a Liberal Newspaper? Of course it is.

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The Times' new credibility committee report that was issued on Monday very specifically said they will be putting in a policy that reporters must get permission from their department heads to appear on television, which I think is a really good thing.

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