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New York Times Editor Bill Keller Defends Fox News Comments, Insists Paper's Coverage Is Fair

The Times' top editor stands by his description of Fox News' "Fair and Balanced" slogan as "cynical," but tells Howard Kurtz his newspaper will provide fair and incisive coverage of the network.

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Roger Ailes of Fox News and Bill Keller of the New York Times. (Credit: AP Photo)

The executive editor of The New York Times doesn't generally engage in trashing other news organizations. So Bill Keller caused quite a stir when he unloaded on Fox News.

Since Keller runs the newsroom of what is arguably the nation's most important newspaper, the question arises whether Roger

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