Let’s hope the New York Observer is in error in its recent piece concerning Byron Calame’s future with the NY Times. Ombudsman and internal-spearcatcher Calame, whose official title is public editor, will soon know if he gets to keep his 10th floor office and his every-other-Sunday-column in which he often praises or excoriates the content of both the Times and its magazine. Mr. Calame, who spent decades at the Wall Street Journal, is the second such public editor at the paper; his predecessor was Daniel Okrent, who had his hands following Jayson Blair’s one-way slide to Whopperville.
Speculation abounds as to whether the position of public editor will even be kept after May when Mr. Calame’s contract expires. The Observer observes(!) that all is not well between Mr. Calame and Bill Keller, the Times’ executive editor. Should Mr. Calame be shown the door and his post eliminated, it will be just one more reason why I resist reading the former Paper of Record.
See Iraq-bound Michelle Malkin for more. She suggests sending a note of encouragement to the public editor.
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