NYTimes Against Lowering Drinking Age

Our friends over at Wesleying tipped us off that the NYTimes recently ran an editorial against lowering the drinking age:

The college executives are right to be alarmed about the binge drinking that besieges their campuses. But there is no proof that easier access to alcohol would solve that problem, and there is strong evidence that college administrations could do a lot more than they are doing to combat the alcohol epidemic.

MiddBlog wants to know: How much weight does a NYTimes editorial hold?