The compact a free press has with the public is based on two fundamental pillars: truth and trust. To earn the latter isn’t easy, however, because the former rarely just lies around in plain sight, waiting to be typed up and published. That’s why journalism is, in all honesty, a frustrating profession of daily failure, of falling short—a telling
Killing The Public Editor, NYT Deals Another Blow To Public Trust
Failures in seeking truth are inherent to the job of journalism. But now the Times has rid itself of a powerful tool for learning from its previous mistakes and, maybe, preventing the next one.
