Reasonable disagreement
I don't recall the photo spread in the New York Times fashion magazine referenced by public editor Clark Hoyt in his column today. The magazine apparently has some photos of a 17-year-old model that were considered inappropriate by some, including Hoyt.
Whatever. I've commented on fashion photo spreads in the Times before.
To me, the more interesting point the column illustrates is the disagreement among top editors of the Times about what's publishable and what's not. The editor of the Times thinks the photos are OK. The editor in charge of standards at the Times does not. The editor of the magazine does. Hoyt does not.
Many people think newsrooms operate in lock-step -- a liberal conspiracy!!!??? -- and that decisions are simple and consensual. Hardly. While I don't know the Times hierarchy, my guess is that, like most newsrooms, such disagreements are considered healthy and part of the operating structure.
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"Many people think newsrooms operate in lock-step"
That is what the evil JR wants you to think. However, he would have been more facutal by saying, "Many people KNOW the N&R Editor and Mitch Johnson operate in lock-step."
Posted on December 16, 2007 3:15 PM
I do not know Mitch Johnson, however I do know this paper in in lock step with the LIBERALS. That is OK if they just had guts to admit it, and give the rest of us a crum, every once in a while, maybe just one article about the good ole boys in Raleigh, maybe just a hint of Dan Blue and the Duke case. Crap I am day dreaming off to the golf course. Cold maybe my putting will improve.
Posted on December 17, 2007 7:45 AM