Daniel Okrent

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. ”

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

I believe the Times is a great newspaper, but a profoundly fallible one. ”

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