“Of course it is,” says public editor Daniel Okrent. A money quote: “if you think The Times plays it down the middle on any [social issue], you’ve been reading the paper with your eyes closed.” And another (on the paper’s coverage of gay marriage:”On a topic that has produced one of the defining debates of our time, Times editors have failed to provide the three-dimensional perspective balanced journalism requires.” As Glenn would say, “read the whole thing,” and then send it to your liberal friends.