HUFFINGTON POST: Margaret Sullivan is at it again.
The public editor of the New York Times criticized the newspaper on Tuesday over the use of anonymous quotes. In a new feature called “AnonyWatch,” Sullivan scrutinized “some of the more regrettable examples of anonymous quotations in The Times.”
In response to a column that cites a “Democratic insider” insulting Andrew Cuomo, she wrote, “Whoa! How does that square with The Times’s clear written rule not to smear people anonymously?” She also asked managing editor Dean Baquet to comment on the two examples of anonymous quotes she cited. He told her that the Times shouldn’t have used those quotes… (more)
EDITOR: The Lancaster Newspapers also would benefit from having an independent public editor. Had an ombudsman been appointed as NewsLanc and others had urged, a lot of civic mistakes would have been avoided.
