Daniel Okrent
Daniel Okrent
Daniel Okrentis an American writer and editor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEditor
Date of Birth2 April 1948
CountryUnited States of America
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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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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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We think it's crucially important for us to understand and be actively involved in the digital distribution of content.
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Keep public editors around, give readers more access to the editors of the paper, constantly challenge itself, and be aware of its own history.
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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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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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If there had been three public editors before me, the body might have absorbed it a little bit better.
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Right, but there's expertise and then there's inside information. And I think we have to make a distinction.
I think Tierney is also more libertarian than he is conservative in the conventional sense.
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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 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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Now, I think the likelihood of it failing on something like WMD again is very slight because everybody is aware of how we in the press blew it.