Saturday, May 21, 2005

13 Things I Meant to Write About but Never Did

Daniel Okrent is leaving his job as public editor of the New York Times.One of things he didn't get around to writing about is:
Reader Steven L. Carter of Bala Cynwyd, Pa., asks, If "Tucker Carlson is identified as a conservative" in The Times, then why is "Bill Moyers just, well, plain old Bill Moyers"? Good question.
That's a pretty decent question maybe someone at the NYT could answer.An equally good question is:when Barbara Ehrenreich filled in for Thomas Friedman, on the editorial page, why wasn't she identified as an Honorary Co-Chair of the Democratic Socialists of America?Democratic Socialists of America