Did The New York Times Editors And Columnists Influence President Obama's Decisions On Syria?

New York Times Editors, Columnists Met With Obama During Syria Push -- Huffington Post

NEW YORK -- In his new book, The Message, MSNBC.com editor Richard Wolffe describes how the Obama White House grew frustrated in 2011 with The New York Times after some negative editorials ran in the paper. President Barack Obama ended up calling Andy Rosenthal, the paper’s editorial page editor, and a couple weeks later Rosenthal and the Times editorial board went to the White House for an off-the-record meeting with the president.

But that wasn’t the last time Obama met with Times editorial board members. On Aug. 29, the president again sat down for an off-the-record discussion with Rosenthal and some members of the editorial board, according to sources familiar with the meeting. Times opinion columnists David Brooks, Gail Collins and Ross Douthat also attended, but editors for the paper's news pages did not.

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Update: Report: Obama Consulted NY Times Editors, Columnists on Syria Strategy -- Breitbart

My Comment: I hope that this story is wrong .... but if this is true this is embarrassing on so many levels that I do not even know where to begin. What is the point of having a national security team/State Department/Pentagon/Congress/and foreign allies .... if the final decision is influenced by a newspaper. Not surprising .... the White House and The New York Times are not admitting or denying this story.