Pity that more at the New York Times don't feel shame

Thomas Lifson at The American Thinker headlines “Shame apparently works,” with regard to the New York Times' ombudsman Byron Calame. I’ll let Lifson introduce this Sunday’s column by Mr. Calame:

“Byron Calame, the New York Times' "public editor" has taken to the web and (apparently) print to upbraid Alessandra Stanley's lie about Geraldo Rivera, and opinion editor Gail Collins's failure to follow the Times policy on corrections. Calame has been relentlessly criticized here and elsewhere for his previous failure to comment adequately on his employer's journalistic misbehavior. Now that the New York Times is cutting newsroom staff, how long will he last?”

Wascally Wabbits: Scott Johnson at Powerline has another take on Calame: "I think his column today is notable and even courageous." No doubt there. And, as I say below, even when these newsroom mice peep their roars, their overall record at independently investigating and revealing their newspapers' serious shortcomings is so spotty as to be almost pathetically laughable. These wascally wabbits are more lettuce eaters than journalistic carnivores.