The New York Times editorial board blames Republicans for the Obama regime's current scandals:
The Internal Revenue Service, according to an inspector general’s report, was not reacting to political pressure or ideology when it singled out conservative groups for special scrutiny in evaluating requests for tax exemptions. It acted inappropriately because employees couldn’t understand inadequate guidelines.
How could government possibly fail (according to the NYT) when disinterested workers aren't at a for profit institution? Anyway, there's more:
The only example of true government overreach was the seizure of The Associated Press’s telephone records
So, the NYT editorial board doesn't mind the IRS targeting Tea Party groups for their ideas.