Accuracy in Media

On Sunday’s Reliable Sources on CNN, New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan admitted that the paper does have a liberal bias. Sullivan was interviewed by guest host Joanne Lipman: Well, some of my predecessors have taken that head-on. In fact, Daniel Okrent, the first public editor, once wrote a column — and I think […]

In an exit interview with Poynter’s Craig Silverman, former New York Times public editor Arthur Brisbane reflects on his time at the paper. Silverman asked Brisbane which column or blog post he thought he would likely be remembered most for and Brisbane said it would be his “Truth Vigilante” column, in which he wondered if […]

The New York Times new public editor, Margaret Sullivan, used her first column to let readers know that she thinks fact checking is a good idea. Sullivan wanted to clear the air after her predecessor, Arthur Brisbane, created a firestorm in January when he questioned whether or not it’s possible to be objective and fair […]

The New York Times public editor Arthur Brisbane will leave his post on September 1, after completing his two-year contract, according to Erik Wemple of The Washington Post. Brisbane told Wemple that he made the decision last fall to serve two years and not exercise the third-year option in his contract and that the paper […]

On Sunday, Arthur Brisbane, the public editor for The New York Times, admitted that the newspaper has a pro-Obama bias and encouraged the paper to be more even-handed during this years’ presidential election. Brisbane began by noting that four weeks ago he criticized the Times for overplaying an article on Ann Romney’s blind trust, but chalked […]

Normally the columns by the public editor, or ombudsman, for The New York Times over the years have only raised an occasional eyebrow, and that is usually when he or she has actually criticized something that appeared in the paper. All that changed this week when the current public editor Arthur Brisbane wrote a column and […]

The New York Times Public Editor Arthur Brisbane created a firestorm on Sunday when he criticized the paper’s Business section and DealBook for focusing its reporting for the benefit of the business community and not the broader audience he feels the paper needs to appeal to. 0 It’s true that, within DealBook’s range of targeted topics, […]