"The New York Times is America's Al Jazeera."
That's a spot on statement.
Very unfortunately, news outlets around the world think that the Slimes is gospel...
I can't escape it: I was in a taxi yesterday evening, and Channel News Asia was selected on mobile TV, and the "news" story started out "According to the New York Times, the Bush Administration..." [blah, blah, blah]; I had to get the cab driver to turn it off.
America doesn't have an al Jazeera, a propaganda arm of our side of this fight. It has truthful reporters and media (Fox, Washington Times etc.) and it has domestic outlets that spread Al Jazeera's propaganda. It is more correct to say that the NY Times is Al Jazeera's American branch.