Was the public editor trolling for comments? Could he possibly believe that the kind of stuff Fox does is "fair and balanced" and that fact-checking isn't required??
http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/should-the-times-be-a-truth-vigilante/
http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/should-the-times-be-a-truth-vigilante/