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I think it's one of the Times' problems that they haven't made it clear to readers what various formats mean.

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

That the Op-Ed page is very important in readers' and the nation's perception of the Times, the perception of its editorial positions, and of its implicit editorial positions as expressed by the publisher's choice of people who are given the freedom to write opinion columns.

If you really hate George Bush, you don't want to read about his hobbies or that he's nice to his friends or that he's good company at dinner.

If there had been three public editors before me, the body might have absorbed it a little bit better.

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

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.

I'm afraid we'll see reporters stop chasing quotes around the same time dogs stop chasing cars.

I was probably being a little cocky, which I do when I feel that I don't know what I'm talking about.

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Talking

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

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Opinions

Now I worry. If people ended up liking me, did I do the job wrong? So I decided they didn't end up liking me - they ended up being able to deal with me.

I think on civilian casualties they could do more. It's actually something I've discussed with the editors involved. They're aware of it, and I'm hopeful that there will be more reporting on that.

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Will

I know there are reporters who ridicule pundits.

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Ridicule

Gail didn't want me commenting on the opinion pages. I was hired by the news department and, despite the rabid assertions of the Times' enemies and detractors, the two really have nothing to do with each other.

But I think it's undeniable that the Times is a liberal paper.

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