NYT publishes article by Koch operative -- claims Tea Party was a grassroots movement

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5. But the NYT's exploitation by the GOP basically got Trump elected.

I'd be happy to ignore the NYT.
Except their errors -- praising Clinton Cash, #butheremails, putting so many negative Hillary stories above the fold while burying Trump's organized crime and Russia connections -- played a huge role in getting Trump elected.

Until we reckon with that, the NYT will be able to unwittingly hurt America. The NYT still does great work - great investigative work, great examination of social issues, a handful of great op-ed columnists: Krugman, Blow, Cohen, Kristof, Goldberg. But their bothsidesism allows them to be exploited by the right. Like for example, this Koch operative.

And I deeply care about that. It's harming the country. Facts and truth are most important. The right doesn't care about facts and truth, they want to destroy journalism and replace it with their propaganda. The NYT has to deal with that problem head-on. Because it affects me, even if I don't read them.