> If you need this to be spelled out, either you’re being rhetorical or you’re uninformed - I suspect the former.

No, I suspect you have things wrong in this case, but you're being so vague it's difficult to figure out where the error is.

> NYT is extremely predictable - both in its choice of what to inform its viewers as well as what will fit their political stance (globalists).

Even if that's true, it's no reason to assume they wouldn't publish this story for some ideological reason, especially given they've published very similar things in the past.