"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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"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."

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

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"I think Tierney is also more libertarian than he is conservative in the conventional sense."

Conservative

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

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

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

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

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"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."

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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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