Pre-blogging David Carr

I'm working on a couple of journalism posts (one about victimology and the other a reply to this post from Andrew Gelman). David Carr figures in both so I thought this would be a good time to provide some background with this clip.



I got this from Chait so I'll give him the last word:

That's actually repugnant. I don't actually think the sentiment reflects the general view of the Times, but I do think the Times deserves to be held accountable. If the newspaper lets reporter pop off on a talk show, then his opinions are going to represent the Times.