Should the New York Times seek the Truth -- or mindlessly regurgitate what they've been told?

"'Should the Times be a Truth Vigilante?' asked Arthur Brisbane. 'Yes,' came the resounding reply.... Having asked, in a completely innocent way, whether the Times should behave like an advocate for the readers, rather than a stenographer to politicians, the question cannot now be unasked."

The New York Times public editor's very public utterance | Clay Shirky