Flutterby™! : Lies in the Times

Be a New York Times reporter who writes lies that get published in said paper, have the feds after you. At least if you get caught; long-time readers know that I consider The New York Times to have roughly the credibility of a certain class of website (ie: those which have blinking multicolored text or promise scientific breakthroughs). Be a large corporation, like, say, Nike, write lies that get published in the New York Times and the U.S. D.O.J. will come to your defense.

Okay, admittedly the situation in Nike v. Kasky is a little different, but the only real difference I see is that since Jayson Blair was paid by The New York Times there should be grounds for a civil case by the New York Times against Jayson Blair. Why the opposite stances by the U.S. D.O.J.?