New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller photographed in the newsroom.

10 Questions for Bill Keller

Monday, Jul. 20, 2009
New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller photographed in the newsroom.
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I don't think fairness means that you give equal time to every point of view no matter how marginal. You weigh the sides, you do some truth-testing, you apply judgment to them. We don't treat creationism as science. Likewise in the autism-vaccine debate, our reporting shows pretty clearly which side the science is on.

Why is the Times so anti-American? Jim Main, ORLANDO, FLA.

Journalists at the Times love their country just as much as anybody else. We don't see it as our job to be a cheerleader for everything America does.

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