Daniel Okrent
Daniel Okrent
Daniel Okrentis an American writer and editor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEditor
Date of Birth2 April 1948
CountryUnited States of America
hard-times faces firsts
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.
actively digital involved understand
We think it's crucially important for us to understand and be actively involved in the digital distribution of content.
writing people choices
That the Op-Ed page is very important in readers' and the nation's perception of the Times, the perception of its editorial positions, and of its implicit editorial positions as expressed by the publisher's choice of people who are given the freedom to write opinion columns.
baseball nice winning
Baseball is a pretty sight and a nice experience, win or lose, particularly if it is watched in a nice park.
baseball team winning
If you can't enjoy the game unless you are pretty sure your team is going to win, baseball is not the game for you. Remember, the best team in baseball in any year is going to be beaten about 60 times.
thinking paper
But I think it's undeniable that the Times is a liberal paper.
pundits ridicule reporters
I know there are reporters who ridicule pundits.
believe i-believe newspapers
I believe the Times is a great newspaper, but a profoundly fallible one.
dog car chasing
I'm afraid we'll see reporters stop chasing quotes around the same time dogs stop chasing cars.
nice hate want
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.
mind substance ears
Closing one's ears to the complaints of partisans would also entail closing one's mind to the substance of their arguments.
balance imbalance sometimes
The pursuit of balance can create imbalance because sometimes something is true,
jobs liking-someone worry
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.
wmd evil journalism
I'm saying that the WMD reporting was not consciously evil. It was bad journalism, even very bad journalism.