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If a paper is going to suggest an improper sexual affair -- whether editors think that's the central point of their story or not -- it owes readers more proof than the Times was able to provide in its
John McCain story, says public editor
Clark Hoyt (left). "If you cannot provide readers with some independent evidence, I think it is wrong to report the suppositions or concerns of anonymous aides about whether the boss is getting into the wrong bed." ||
Listen to the "Weekend Edition Saturday" report on the Times' McCain story.
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