In "THE PUBLIC EDITOR; Weapons of Mass Destruction? Or Mass Distraction?", Daniel Okrent writes about the NY Times coverage of the lies and dissinformation on the WMD issue leading up to the war with Iraq. To quote:

The aggressive journalism that I long for, and that the paper owes both its readers and its own self-respect, would reveal not just the tactics of those who promoted the W.M.D. stories, but how The Times itself was used to further their cunning campaign.

Disinformation: NY Times recants on pre-Iraq war coverage