That first week, I also went to Washington. That was really tough. I sympathize with those Washington figures who have to face 40 Times Washington bureau reporters. They ask hard questions and they're relentless. And they were quite suspicious and quite dubious about me.
Daniel OkrentI'm saying that the WMD reporting was not consciously evil. It was bad journalism, even very bad journalism.
Daniel OkrentIf you really hate George Bush, you don't want to read about his hobbies or that he's nice to his friends or that he's good company at dinner.
Daniel Okrent