After weeks of wild speculation about a rumored "bombshell" article to be published about Governor Paterson in the NY Times, yesterday the paper's public editor, Clark Hoyt, weighed in on the non-scandal, and whether the Times was right to wait several days before clearing the air. Times executive editor Bill Keller told Hoyt that addressing rumors just "spreads them and gives them an aura of credibility, even if the intent is the opposite. For The Times to issue a statement saying, ‘We are not investigating rumors about the sex life or drug use or financial shenanigans of Public Figure X’ doesn’t clear the good name of Public Figure X. It simply announces that we’ve heard the rumors and for some reason chose not to look into them." more ›

Develop Don't Destory Brooklyn will be protesting outside of the New York Times' offices at 1PM today to protest coverage of developer Bruce Ratner. DDDB's claim is that because the Times' coverage of Ratner's plans for downtown Brooklyn has been "misleading" and "inaccurate" because Ratner's company is building the Times' new skyscraper. DDDB wants consistent coverage about the Atlantic Yards project from the Times, and you can read the report here. Hmm, wonder if the Public Editor, Byron Calame, has filed his column for this week. Gothamist wonders if this will inspire a new wave of protests in front of the NY Times Building... perhaps residents of Hoboken or Jersey City will rise to protest Philadelphia being the "sixth borough" or restaurateurs to protest a review. more ›