In the comments on an elections-related story on NYTimes.com last week, someone wrote that character is not so much in the decisions a person makes as it is in how they deal with the aftermath of that decision.
If we accept that idea, we have to give some respect to The New York Times for hosting an online Q&A today with the editors and reporters involved in the controversial story about Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) relationship with a lobbyist. The story ran earlier this week.
The New York Times reported they have received more than 2,000 comments on the original story, “many of them many of them criticizing the handling of the article.” Now we’ll have to see which questions the editors choose to answer. If the reporters and editors choose to answer some real hardball question, that’s a really great use of the online medium to connect (and answer to) the community.
The discussion will be posted here later today.