"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."

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"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."

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"I know there are reporters who ridicule pundits."

Criticism

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

Liberal

"That first week, I also went to Washington. That was really tough. I sympathize with those Washington figures who have to face 40 Times Washington bureau reporters. They ask hard questions and they're relentless. And they were quite suspicious and quite dubious about me."

Skepticism

"I was probably being a little cocky, which I do when I feel that I don't know what I'm talking about."

Being

"I'm afraid we'll see reporters stop chasing quotes around the same time dogs stop chasing cars."

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

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

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