As a long time subscriber to the New York Times I have been sad witness to recent events that have profoundly impacted the public perception of your editorial staff. May I suggest that, in the interest of repairing damage to the excellent reputation of your newspaper, that you correct a misstatement by Paul Krugman in "Duped and Betrayed", which appeared in yesterday's paper.
Mr. Krugman implied that Tom Delay was against the child tax credit, by writing the quote, "There are a lot of things that are more important than that." However, the full statement of Mr. Delay states a meaning completely opposite than the proposition set forth by Mr. Krugman. Delay went on, "If it is a part of a bigger bill . . . and can get us some votes over in the Senate, then I'm more than open to it."
I feel certain that this was an inadvertent fact checking oversight on the part of your editorial staff. As an avid and interested reader of the New York Times, I think that some statement committing to factual accuracy, even amoung op-ed writers, is in order.