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I believe that's "Lil' Sebastian".

Edit: Well fuck me, I can't even be snarky right.

This needs an answer.

The news media has an obligation to honor the public trust, failing to fact check (and to be clear, I do mean check in the hockey sense) public officials only allows for the waters to be made less clear with rhetoric and lies. Leaving that task to the Internet degrades the credibility of both outlets and ultimately gives the liar a free pass.

This is certainly not a problem exclusive to The NYT but as the giant in the industry you're missing a prime opportunity to set (and be) an example for your competitors.

Marker for history: This is where the spicy mustard riots started.

Why you got to try and 1-up Dan Rather?

Jokeskis...seriously quality quote.

Not necessarily, (although in my perfect world, perhaps) what I really want is for media outlets to recognize that the elected officials need the media outlets to communicate and run for election just as much as the media outlets need elected officials to fill column inches.

That being the case, there's plenty of room to do both. Help officials communicate to their constituents AND mix it up in no uncertain terms when they are spouting garbage.

There will for sure be a short-term impact but if the largest available megaphone only allows you to speak fact, then eventually those who step up to use it will get the idea that they will have to get with the program or take their chances with the lesser of news organizations.