On Wednesday last, the head honchos of the New York Times, Pinch, Howell, and Gerald addressed a closed (to the press) meeting of the Times staff at the Loew's Astor theater on Broadway. The Times' media editor, Jacques Steinberg, a member of the press, you see, was forbidden to attend but charged with the responsibility of covering the event for his employer. Ever resourceful, as Timesmen are expected to be, Steinberg relied on notes taken by embedded colleagues and perhaps on secretly made tape recordings for his account of the proceedings. It was published in the Times the following day....