Often, when someone makes a significant statement, we want to know: “Where did you hear that?” “Who said that?” We want to know if the source is reputable and the information trustworthy. The New York Times, sometimes called America’s “newspaper of record,” seems to hold such a reputation. Whether this is deserved is another question, because the Times has been guilty of egregiously false and misleading reporting --- and non-reporting --- which has influenced disastrous fo