Don’t worry, though, because the New York Times’ public editor (their term for ombudsman) “shares the view to an extent†(emphasis mine) that the Times and the media rushed to put the Tucson shootings in a political context. Well, that’s certainly a relief. So whose fault was it that the Times pursued it to the extent of having its editorial board issue an essay the very next day putting the blame on the Right, saying that “it is legitimate to hold Republicans and particularly their most virulent supporters in the media responsible for the gale of anger that has produced...