American Journalism Review
* "You begin by being prudent and, as things develop, that determines whether you amp up the volume or not," says former Times public editor
Dan Okrent (left). "Here it began with a roar at the very start. It went in the wrong direction."
* Criticism of NYT's coverage was "in some instances been unfair to the point of hysteria," says executive editor
Bill Keller. "I think we were a little slow to get traction on the story, frankly. Partly we were slow figuring out who had custody of the story: sports, national, investigative."
* "The outcome of this whole story is square pegs can't be fit into round holes, and we saw the dangers of what happens when modern media attempts to do that," says Duke student journalist
Ryan McCartney.
