Daniel Okrent Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Right, but there's expertise and then there's inside information. And I think we have to make a distinction.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”