Time to work the refs, and nip this false meme before it gets bigger.
While Big Tent Democrat went after Brooks for being nasty, the NYT editors don't care about nastiness toward a Democrat.
BUT they do care about factual errors.
And Bob Somerbyhas found the error. Brooks claims Nancy Pelosi was "chauffeured" to school. According to Somerby, Lexis Nexis finds no references to this anywhere else. Brooks is making up a story to run down her character.
Send a demand to letters [at] nytimes [dot] com for Brooks to admit his error. They made Krugman correct something once. They should hold Brooks to the same standard. Especially if we politely but firmly remind them.