Fare thee well, Daniel Okrent, the Times Op-Ed columnists will miss you
Yesterday was NYT public editor Daniel Okrent’s final column, and he took full advantage of the platform to cover any bases he might have missed, publishing a handy list of a lucky thirteen topics that demanded his attention.
He weighs in one last time on anonymous sourcing via a discussion of First Amendment protection:
But I would love to see journalists justify their work not by wrapping themselves in the cloak of the law, but by invoking more persuasive defenses: accuracy, for instance, and fairness
and takes a sweet parting shot (which we knew he was waiting for) at the Times op-ed slate, accusing Paul Krugman of “shaping, slicing and selectively citing numbers” and digs at Maureen Dowd for irresponsible reporting and the departed William Safire for unsubstantiated claims, summing up neatly:
I didn’t give Krugman, Dowd or Safire the chance to respond before writing the last two paragraphs.
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