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Originally Posted by HOZ
NYT
Since the job of public editor requires me to probe and question the published work and wisdom of Times journalists, there’s a special responsibility for me to acknowledge my own flawed assessments.
My July 2 column strongly supported The Times’s decision to publish its June 23 article on a once-secret banking-data surveillance program. After pondering for several months, I have decided I was off base. There were reasons to publish the controversial article, but they were slightly outweighed by two factors to which I gave too little emphasis. While it’s a close call now, as it was then, I don’t think the article should have been published.
Now if only Reuters and AP could jump on board and see the errors of their ways.
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Did Reuters and AP even cover that story?
I'm kind of surprised you think this inconsequential little article is worth posting here. These kinds of things are written all the time in the newspaper. It's certainly nothing like an overarching admission of bias or serious flaws, as your title implies.