Talese has come to reject the label of "New Journalism" for this reason. He told NPR: "The term new journalism became very fashionable on college campuses in the 1970s and some of its practitioners tended to be a little loose with the facts. And that's where I wanted to part company. I came up with "The New York Times" as a copy boy and later on became a reporter and I so revered the traditions of the "Times" in being accurate."