New York Times editor admits paper should be more 'discerning' on labeling liberals

A New York Times editor acknowledged during an interview on Thursday that the paper applied political labels to analysts and professors inconsistently after a law professor challenged the newspaper's decision to identify him as a conservative.

Patrick Healy, the assistant managing editor for Standards and Trust at the Times, said during the "Sound Off" podcast that law professor Josh Blackman reached out after he was labeled a "conservative" in Times reporting twice within 24 hours.