Clark Hoyt

Gail Collins Defends Maureen Dowd Against Public Editor's Accusations

New York Times | Gail Collins | Posted 06.30.2008 | Media

Read More: Clark Hoyt, Maureen Dowd Public Editor, Maureen Dowd, Public Editor, Gail Collins Maureen Dowd, Gail Collins, Media News

As a Times columnist, I never envisioned myself writing a letter to a fellow resident of the paper's opinion section. But I feel compelled to respond...

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Why Won't Journalists Check with Experts?

Mark Kleiman | Posted 06.02.2008 | Media

Read More: David Shipley, Muslim, Clark Hoyt, Objectivity, Apostate, Post-Modernism, New York Times, Obama, Op-Ed, Journalism, Obama Muslim, Luttwak, Media News
Mark Kleiman

I'm glad the NYT public editor called out the op-ed editor on their "Obama is a Muslim apostate" nonsense. But there's a deeper pathology here, one that extends well beyond the opinion pages.

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In Praise of Ombudspeople

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.31.2008 | Media

Read More: Lindsay Lohan New York Magazine, Newspaper Ombudspeople, Clark Hoyt, Daniel Okrent, Why "Ombudspeople" Is a Fun Word, Media Wonkery, New York Times John McCain Story, Lindsay Lohan Topless, Vicki Iseman, Lindsay Lohan Nude, Romenesko, John McCain Lobbyist Story, Newspaper Ombudsmen, Romenesko-Baiting, Ombudsman, Ombduspersons, Media News

The mission of the ombudsperson is to watch the standards and performance of your publication, with an eye to keeping it scrupulously top-notch as a service to your readers. That's a service that shouldn't be outsourced for free to random people on the internet.

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Are Ombudsmen Necessary If We Have Bloggers?

AdAge | Simon Dumenco | Posted 03.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Public Editor, Barney Calame, Clark Hoyt, Byron Calame, Dan Okrent, Ombudsment, Media News

A colleague of mine recently said some complimentary things about Clark Hoyt, the so-called public editor (i.e., ombudsman) of The New York Times. Unl...

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Walter Pincus of the Post: Our Neutered Newsrooms are a Poor Example to the Rest of the World

Jay Rosen | Posted 03.17.2008 | Home

Read More: Clark Hoyt, Leonard Downie Jr, Josh Marshall, Media, Washington Post, Press, Walter Pincus, Media Bias, Home News
Jay Rosen

Reporters with depth of knowledge are capable of challenging government and getting beyond he said, she said, a tepid style of truthtelling. Neutrality valorizes a loss of footing and self-respect.

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Bill Kristol: Pinhead

Sean Carman | Posted 02.26.2008 | Politics

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Sean Carman

Kristol's argument on why Obama doesn't wear a flag pin ("Flag-gate!") is just so unbelievably, insidiously stupid: The man is a 50-year-old fifth grader.

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Bill Keller: "I'm Proud to Stand by This Story." Times Public Editor: You Were Wrong To Run It.

Jay Rosen | Posted 02.25.2008 | Home

Read More: New York Times, Vicki Iseman, John McCain, Clark Hoyt, Press, Bill Keller, Home News
Jay Rosen

It's hard to see how editorial judgment at the Times could suffer a defeat in the court of opinion that is more clear cut.

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A Double Standard on Reporters Who Express Opinions?

Isabel Macdonald | Posted 02.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Public Editor, Andy Worthington Guantanamo, Clark Hoyt, Byron Calame, Andy Worthington, Guantanamo Detainees, New York Times Ombudsman, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, New York Times, Michael Gordon New York Times, Ombudsman, Michael Gordon Iraq War, Michael Gordon, Media News
Isabel Macdonald

It's unclear why the Times would want more stringent rules for opinions expressed by occasional freelancers as opposed to staffers who write regularly.

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NYT Public Editor: Hiring Kristol "A Mistake"

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 01.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Bill Kristol NYT, Clark Hoyt, Bill Kristol Clark Hoyt, Bill Kristol, Bill Kristol New York Times, Media News

When we broke the news that Bill Kristol would be joining the editorial pages of the New York TImes as a regular contributor, we called it "a move bou...

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NY Times to Readers: Drop Dead

Craig Stoltz | Posted 11.20.2007 | Media

Read More: New York Times Online Comments, Clark Hoyt, New York Times Co, New York Times Online, Judith Miller, Debate Analyzer, Jayson Blair, Martin Nisenholtz, Kate Phillips, Sulzberger & Co., Media News
Craig Stoltz

The New York Times policy regarding online reader comments reveals a very important way its current management is poorly prepared for the rising era of communication.

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NYT's Public Editor Says "Questions For" Writer Isn't Following Protocol

New York Times | Clark Hoyt | Posted 10.15.2007 | Media

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When you read Deborah Solomon's "Questions For" in The New York Times Magazine, it's like crashing an exclusive book party at Tina Brown's East Side g...

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Moveon.org To Pay Full Rate For Controversial NYT Ad

Editor & Publisher | Joe Strupp | Posted 09.24.2007 | Media

Read More: Clark Hoyt, Petraeus Moveon Ad, MoveOn.Org, David Petraeus, New York Times, Media News

Clark Hoyt, public editor of The New York Times, took issue Sunday with the paper's recent decision to run a discounted ad from Moveon.org criticizing...

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