Such a critic might also be disappointed that Mr. Bush has not yet moved the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. The second example of the Times' reliance on a narrowly selected group of experts comes in another front-page story, about missile defense and China. Today's New York Times Book Review carries a review of a novel about Israel and Palestine under the British mandate. All writers deserve prizes, if only for trying. To get a sense of how silly this statement is, imagine if the Times applied it to something it actually cared about.
All journalists deserve prizes, if only for trying.
This world-view leads directly to another judgment in the same review. The Times could have identified Mr. Lauder as a businessman in his own right, as a former candidate for mayor of New York, as a leader of the Museum of Modern Art, as the chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Again, a useful test is whether the Times would treat itself this way.