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NYT Interviews Me About "A Double Standard For 'Conservative' and 'Liberal' Labels?

"Josh, I think there’s real truth to your critique and it’s something we need to do a better job on."

Josh Blackman | 10.22.2026 12:43 PM

Back in February, I submitted a letter to the editor of the New York Times objecting to how I was often labelled as a "conservative" even as liberal law professors did not receive that label. The Times did not publish the letter, so I posted it on the blog. I thought that was the end of the matter, but I was wrong. Patrick Healy, is the assistant managing editor for Standards and Trust, reached out to me. He was starting a newsletter and podcast that responds to reader concerns. We spoke for about fifteen minutes about this issue.

That interview has now been posted here. It begins this way:

PATRICK: So Josh, you reached out after The Times........

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