NY Times public editor Clark Hoyt today calls on the paper to reassign Jerusalem bureau chief Ethan Bronner. Why?
Because Executive editor Bill Keller confirmed what Electronic Intifada first claimed: Bronner's son serves in the IDF, creating a conflict of interest for the paper.
Keller wrote that he doesn't intend to replace Bronner.
I'm not going to comment on whether or not Bronner should be replaced over this. I just want to see the MSM be consistent here. All the western journos in personal relationships with Palestinian stringers and activists — whether it's marriage, living together, or having an affair — create conflicts of interest too.
UPDATE Feb. 8: YNet News fills in some more info about Bronner.
UPDATE Feb 8: Worth reading: The Jerusalem Post got reax from Israel's foreign press corps. Jeffrey Goldberg also weighs in.
