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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