New York Times Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr.
openly criticized the editorial side of the business today. For those of you who are not familiar with the news "business" this is highly irregular. Newspapers generally consist of two separate organisms, publishing and editorial. The editorial side is the one which develops the product - reports the news. The publishing side is interested with revenue - they sell the ads. Often newspeople refer to the "chinese wall" which exists between the two organisms - one side typically holds no sway over the other. Obviously in the case of the New York Times, today that is not the case.