New York Times "The news media is supposed to be to afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted," writes
Nick Kristof. "Instead, I managed to afflict the afflicted."
Steven Hatfill's suit against the columnist and his paper was dismissed, "yet even if I don't have a legal obligation, I do feel a moral one to express regret for any added distress from my columns."
Kristof offers up a "hypothetical" (I think the phrase he...
