If Rick Bragg is telling the truth (I assume he talked to Howard Kurtz and not Kurtz’s intern), why does the Times bother with bylines? The frontpage should read on the top, Howell Raines’ New York Times. Then we can all know upfront that each “news” story is likely a hodgepodge of collective staff work. Maybe, too, without other names on the pages to obscure the issue, everyone will better understand that Raines is ultimately the one accountable for the seemingly endless stream of corrections.