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Daniel Okrent

• November 15 -- "Investigative Pieces….By Nature, Carry a Point of View"
Ombudsman Daniel Okrent makes the case against objectivity.

• September 8 -- Removing "Allah" from the NYT?
The Times carries political correctness to an extreme in its coverage of the terrorists in Chechnya. Also: Did the NYT substitute "God" for "Allah" in a quote from a terrorist to lessen the Muslim aspect of the attacks?

• July 26 -- "Is the New York Times a Liberal Newspaper? Of Course It Is."
Daniel Okrent, the Times' "public editor," probably didn't make himself very popular in the newsroom when he admitted the obvious yesterday.

• January 19 -- Stop the Presses: Times NOT Too Tough on Dean
Responding to email from angry Deaniacs, Public Editor Daniel Okrent concludes the Times has not been too tough on Dean. Is he taking non-liberal complaints into account as well?

• December 8 -- Oh, Mr. Okrent?
Times Watch extends a genuine (if slightly guarded) welcome to the Times new public editor, Daniel Okrent, who calls himself "a registered Democrat, but notably to the right of my fellow Democrats on Manhattan's Upper West Side." But is a twice-a-month column sufficient to cover reader-related concerns?

• October 27 -- Times Appoints First-Ever Public Editor
The Times announces the appointment of a former Life magazine editor, Daniel Okrent, as the paper's ombudsman. A colleague of Okrent remarks: "He loves fairness and accuracy." Times Watch hopes that turns out to be true.