The New York Times has lived through two grave crises. One reporter, Jayson Blair, was found to have plagiarised and made things up, and Judith Miller’s war reporting uncritically supported the government’s line on WMD. On Twitter and blogs, the paper’s critics said that was why the established media, typified by the stately New York Times, needed to be shaken up by the internet. Well, maybe. But the web is awash with Jayson Blairs and Judith Millers. Rules were broken at the Times, but at least the paper had rules.
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