Patrick Healy, assistant managing editor for Standards and Trust at The New York Times, had a fascinating discussion (and some admissions that vindicated conservative media bias critics) in his newly launched weekly newsletter “Sound Off,” where he talks “to critics and skeptics of The Times.”
Healy, formerly a deputy opinion editor and campaign reporter, had a collegial discussion with law professor Josh Blackman, in which Healy conceded much of Blackman’s view that the Times applies a double standard in its political coverage when identifying conservatives vs. liberals. The headline was straightforward: “A Double Standard for “Conservative” and “Liberal” Labels.”
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