Daniel Okrent

The pursuit of balance can create imbalance because sometimes something is true,

— Daniel Okrent

The Times' new credibility committee report that was issued on Monday very specifically said they will be putting in a policy that…

— Daniel Okrent

Is the New York Times a Liberal Newspaper? Of course it is.

— Daniel Okrent

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

— Daniel Okrent

That first week, I also went to Washington. That was really tough. I sympathize with those Washington figures who have to face…

— Daniel Okrent

If there had been three public editors before me, the body might have absorbed it a little bit better.

— Daniel Okrent

I know there are reporters who ridicule pundits.

— Daniel Okrent

If you can't enjoy the game unless you are pretty sure your team is going to win, baseball is not the game…

— Daniel Okrent

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

— Daniel Okrent

I think it's one of the Times' problems that they haven't made it clear to readers what various formats mean.

— Daniel Okrent

Gail didn't want me commenting on the opinion pages. I was hired by the news department and, despite the rabid assertions of…

— Daniel Okrent

“Ten thousand grateful people jammed Sunday’s enormous tabernacle to hear him announce the death of liquor and reveal the advent of an…

— Daniel Okrent

I believe the Times is a great newspaper, but a profoundly fallible one.

— Daniel Okrent

I was probably being a little cocky, which I do when I feel that I don't know what I'm talking about.

— Daniel Okrent

But I think it's undeniable that the Times is a liberal paper.

— Daniel Okrent

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

— Daniel Okrent

Now I worry. If people ended up liking me, did I do the job wrong? So I decided they didn't end up…

— Daniel Okrent

That the Op-Ed page is very important in readers' and the nation's perception of the Times, the perception of its editorial positions,…

— Daniel Okrent

If you really hate George Bush, you don't want to read about his hobbies or that he's nice to his friends or…

— Daniel Okrent

“alcohol consumption fell sharply at the beginning of Prohibition, to approximately 30 percent of its pre-Prohibition level,” and by the time of…

— Daniel Okrent

I'm afraid we'll see reporters stop chasing quotes around the same time dogs stop chasing cars.

— Daniel Okrent

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,…

— Daniel Okrent

Closing one's ears to the complaints of partisans would also entail closing one's mind to the substance of their arguments.

— Daniel Okrent

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

— Daniel Okrent

Baseball is a pretty sight and a nice experience, win or lose, particularly if it is watched in a nice park.

— Daniel Okrent