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

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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 know there are reporters who ridicule pundits."

Criticism

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

Liberal

"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."

Policy

"If you really hate George Bush, you don't want to read about his hobbies or that he's nice to his friends or that he's good company at dinner."

Friendship

"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."

Enemy

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

Body

"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

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

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

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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."

Being