JAMES TARANTO: “It Did Not:” A rebuke from Obama leads the New York Times to run from the fight it started. “Only 35% of those surveyed think the New York Times‘s position is even legitimate. And although President Obama, in his speech last night, did not go so far as to call it illegitimate, he did make his disagreement clear. . . . The newspaper that seized upon a horrific crime to demonize its political opponents–and to demonize ‘particularly’ those in the media who reject its worldview and its presumption of moral authority–is now applauding the president for being able to ‘transcend the debate’ that it instigated with its yellow journalism.”