Sunday, May 15, 2005

PRAISE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR?
Daniel Okrent, editor of NYT, receiving good reviews from the right.

Evan Coyne Maloney of brain-terminal.com and AcademicBias.com, refers to NYU Journalism Professor Jay Rosen's review of Okrent and how his tenure and admitting liberal bias, has been nothing short of refreshing.

...By being the first to speak the unspeakable truth about the paper, Okrent made it that much easier for similar honesty to prevail in the future. As a business, that would be very healthy for the Times. Conservatives will read liberal papers. But fewer conservatives will read liberal papers that insult our intelligence by pretending not to have the perspective that they do. If Okrent's legacy lives on, the Times might be able to lure back some readers who find the newfound candor refreshing. (more)

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