Press needed 'to be thrown off' its game, says NYT executive editor

Ted Koppel’s CBS Sunday Morning segment on media polarization earned wide-circulation this week, due mostly to his contentious exchange with Sean Hannity.

But buried under the coverage of that exchange was a statement made by New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet who was also interviewed by Koppel. Asked by Koppel whether there’s “any way” the New York Times can “help to close the gap, heal the rift,” Baquet pushed back, contending that it is not the duty of journalism to unify political opponents.