What Are Newspapers For?

Granted, there is a follow-up post where the New York Times Public Editor tries to explain himself, and in all honesty there is some room for debate on where the line gets set... but this is how he started the first post on newspapers and the truth:

I’m looking for reader input on whether and when New York Times news reporters should challenge “facts” that are asserted by newsmakers they write about.

Uh, yeah. They should do that.