NYT Reports Republican Misrepresentations Without Comment

It is not responsible reporting to report without comment statements from prominent politicians which are almost certainly not true. For example, if President Obama said that Speaker Boehner has blown up the Washington monument, it would be irresponsible to simply report the assertion without noting that the president has no evidence for this assertion and that the Washington Monument is still standing.

In the same vein, it was irresponsible for the NYT to quote without comment Speaker Boehne...