Boston Globe
New York Times executive editor
Bill Keller says the paper's pre-war WMD coverage "has become a distraction that just wouldn't go away. We just needed to kind of clear the air." He says of Wednesday's "The Times and Iraq"
editors' note: "I don't see this as an apology. I see this as an explanation. It's not a note that's going to satisfy our most bloodthirsty critics."
CJR executive editor
Michael Hoyt tells
Mark Jurkowitz: "It's a big deal that they came clean. ... I think it's a bigger deal than
Jayson Blair, because it involved a rationale for war."
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Stephanopoulos: NYT note "was the brave and right thing to do" (USAT)
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Note offered reflection and contrition, but wasn't an apology (CT/r.r.)
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"People should take comfort that NYT's a self-correcting institution" (BS)
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NYT "took a big step to restoring its reputation," says Evans (Guardian)
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Raines says NYT didn't contact him re note |
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