Presumably there are text chains, Slack groups and email threads about this topic and many others that affect The Times, but Ms. Garbus didn’t have access to those channels. That is the biggest flaw of “The Fourth Estate”: It leaves out too much. Ms. Garbus gives little screen time to the middle of The Times organization, those editors who help the bosses determine the tone, focus and framing of news coverage. The answers Ms. Garbus gets will no doubt fuel more conversations among the Times-obsessed. Like a reporter who came back with only 60 percent of a really good story, “The Fourth Estate” somehow feels like it needed more legwork to truly shine.

Source: New York Times May 24, 2018 21:45 UTC