According to Spin Buster, Public Editor Daniel Okrent doesn't quite give the balance question justice in his column today: Political Bias at The Times? Two Counterarguments.
As the Campaign Desk points out, giving his space over to commentary from the Left (Todd Gitlin) and the Right (Bob Kohn) is:
...uncomfortably close to the lame answer that cable networks have devised to the "balance" question -- let loose two talking heads (or, in this case, typing heads), one from each end of the political spectrum, and leave it to the viewer/reader to sort his way through the resulting carnage.
I agree with the Desk: "Tom Tomorrow Gets it Exactly Right".