It would help to send a signal to others in the media wondering if they could get away with treason as well! I wonder if they will print this retraction on the front page?
well, sure. and we could lock up everyone who says such things. then we'd have exactly what our enemies want us to have -- a dictatorship.
Demanding a retraction is an excellent idea. Let the readership, let the responsible participants in the marketplace of ideas, including the bloggers of repute who see themselves as saviors of truth in media, call upon the NYT to come clean -- to print the retraction.
Top down solutions rarely work. We've got ourself a war -- let's fight it.