Petrelis Files

Zzzzzz. NYT's Calame's New Blog Posting on Hockey

A short while back, I was praising the New York Times' public editor, Barney Calame, for using his web journal and occasional column in the paper to address concerns of readers, especially on the Judy Miller mess.

But now I'm over Calame and his growing laziness in addressing readers' complaints and questions.

The last time Calame posted anything on his web journal was two weeks ago, and the topic was identifying Alzheimer's patients. Calame wrote a brief introduction for a short exchange between a reader and the reporter of the story.

Calame on November 23 shared a posting, this time about a reader's complaint about the Times' coverage of Islander hockey games. The bulk of Calame's posting is a response to the reader from the sports editor. Yawn.

Sure do I wish knew why Calame's output on his web journal is so infrequent and rather inconsequential. Is he afraid of weighing in, and on more substantive matters, too often on the Times' site and being a more productive public editor?

This Times reader and shareholder wants the paper's readers' representative, and his assistant, to swallow a few pep pills and increase their output on the web.