Daniel Okrent Quotes

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

  Daniel Okrent

  Balance, Imbalance, Sometimes

  The New Yorker, Volume 80, Issues 1-10, 2004.

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

  Daniel Okrent

  Issues, Facts, Opinion

  "It's curtains for Okrent" by Steve Kettmann, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2005.

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

  Daniel Okrent

  Mind, Substance, Ears

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• If you can't enjoy the game unless you are pretty sure your team is going to win, baseball is not the game for you. Remember, the best team in baseball in any year is going to be beaten about 60 times.

  Daniel Okrent

  Baseball, Team, Winning

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

  Daniel Okrent

  Baseball, Nice, Winning

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

  Daniel Okrent

  Thinking, Paper

  "It's curtains for Okrent" by Steve Kettmann, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2005.

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• I know there are reporters who ridicule pundits.

  Daniel Okrent

  Pundits, Ridicule, Reporters

  "It's curtains for Okrent". Interview with Steve Kettmann, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2005.

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

  Daniel Okrent

  Dog, Car, Chasing

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

  Daniel Okrent

  New York, Newspapers, Courses

  "THE PUBLIC EDITOR; Is The New York Times a Liberal Newspaper?". www.nytimes.com. July 25, 2004.

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• The Times' new credibility committee report that was issued on Monday very specifically said they will be putting in a policy that reporters must get permission from their department heads to appear on television, which I think is a really good thing.

  Daniel Okrent

  Monday, Thinking, Television

  "It's curtains for Okrent". Interview With Steve Kettmann, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2005.

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

  Daniel Okrent

  Wmd, Evil, Journalism

  "It's curtains for Okrent". Interview With Steve Kettmann, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2005.

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• Now I worry. If people ended up liking me, did I do the job wrong? So I decided they didn't end up liking me - they ended up being able to deal with me.

  Daniel Okrent

  Jobs, People, Liking Someone

  "It's curtains for Okrent". Interview with Steve Kettmann, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2005.

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• That first week, I also went to Washington. That was really tough. I sympathize with those Washington figures who have to face 40 Times Washington bureau reporters. They ask hard questions and they're relentless. And they were quite suspicious and quite dubious about me.

  Daniel Okrent

  Hard Times, Dubious, Faces

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• If you really hate George Bush, you don't want to read about his hobbies or that he's nice to his friends or that he's good company at dinner.

  Daniel Okrent

  Hate, Nice, Hobbies

  "It's curtains for Okrent" by Steve Kettmann, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2005.

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

  Daniel Okrent

  Believe, I Believe, Newspapers

  "It's curtains for Okrent". Interview with Steve Kettmann, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2005.

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• That the Op-Ed page is very important in readers' and the nation's perception of the Times, the perception of its editorial positions, and of its implicit editorial positions as expressed by the publisher's choice of people who are given the freedom to write opinion columns.

  Daniel Okrent

  Writing, People, Choices

  "It's curtains for Okrent". Interview with Steve Kettmann, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2005.

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