Public Editor

Public Editor: Just 10% Of New York Times Election Stories Policy-Releated

New York Times | Clark Hoyt | Posted 11.13.2008 | Media


THE CAUCUS, the politics blog of The New York Times, convened a virtual roundtable of voters last Tuesday to discuss what they hoped to hear in the pr...

NYT Public Editor: Palin Cronyism Article "Never Made The Connection Between Style And Results"

New York Times | Clark Hoyt | Posted 10.22.2008 | Media


The next morning, The Times took a look at Palin's political style as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, and as governor. The article was a largely negative po...

Gail Collins Defends Maureen Dowd Against Public Editor's Accusations

New York Times | Gail Collins | Posted 07.08.2008 | Media


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...

NYT Public Editor Blasts Op-Ed That Tied Obama To Islam

New York Times | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics


ON May 12, The Times published an Op-Ed article by Edward N. Luttwak, a military historian, who argued that any hopes that a President Barack Obama mi...

Are Ombudsmen Necessary If We Have Bloggers?

AdAge | Simon Dumenco | Posted 04.01.2008 | Media


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...