Michael Kinsey
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/ 23 October 2006

Telling readers more than they need to know

According to a column by its ”public editor” (aka ombudsman, or official busybody), the New York Times has been asking itself whether it does enough to distinguish between fact and opinion in its pages. A ”newsroom committee on credibility” looked into the matter and decided that what was needed was a ”news/opinion divide committee”.