Editorial Policy

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{"value"=>"<p>Memoranda, letters, and other papers about the basic principles of the <span class=\"title\">Times</span> 's editorial policies and news coverage, mainly comprehensiveness, thoroughness, fairness, objectivity, and the strict separation of factual reporting from analysis, interpretation, and opinion. These themes are addressed again and again in general policy memoranda as well as in notes to editors and reporters dealing with specific articles and in correspondence with readers who, while criticizing specific articles, expressed more general views about the <span class=\"title\">Times</span> or questioned the policies underlying some particular type of coverage. Of special interest: AMR's and Max Frankel's memoranda to AOS on fairness and objectivity, and how the News and Sunday Departments deal with them in the editing process (Dec. 1974). Three memoranda by AMR (to Harding Bancroft, to the staff, and to Turner Catledge) all dealing with objectivity in light of the political turmoil and the reporters' possible emotional involvement in contemporary issues (1969).</p>"}
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{"value"=>"See also: Adoptions, 1981, 1984; Advertisers Influence on Newspaper Content and Policy, 1968-1981; Articles and Books About the Times National Review, 1972-1973; Critics and Criticism, 1972-1985; Investigative Reporting, 1967-1984; News Analysis, 1973-1983"}

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  1. 1974-1986
  2. 1967-1973
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