43 Quotes by Daniel Okrent

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

I know there are reporters who ridicule pundits.