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The New York Times and other media organizations have an independent public editor whose job is to examine and explain how the paper has handled a particular is
by GabrielF00 13y ago
The New York Times and other media organizations have an independent public editor whose job is to examine and explain how the paper has handled a particular issue and to provide criticism if they feel it is appropriate. They also publish letters to the editor and op-eds by people who disagree.
Again, I'm not saying that the New York Times is perfect, but its a lot better than Wikileaks.
- foobarqux 13y agoThose are weak checks and balances and are essentially ineffective for those most important problem: Stories which are never reported. There are serious systemic faults that the NYT cannot solve. For example, 1. Corporate influence 2. Government influence 3. NYT management self-interest 4. NYT institution self-interest. I'm not saying Wikileaks is perfect, but it certainly plugs those holes. Finally, you needn't choose between NYT and Wikileaks, both can co-exist. But the world certainly could use more Wikileaks-like organizations than NYT-like ones.