If true, it would be both 1) an unsuccessful effort, and 2) devastating to a reputation that is already in tatters.
The world really has turned upside down. The Establishment is no longer hiding their control of the mass media. It's an open secret now, and the People are just looking at them aghast.
Some of these clowns really don't comprehend that the vast majority of the populace sees them as a real Enemy of the People.
These clowns don't understand that we all realize that the emperor has no clothes; We the People are going to express that sure knowledge politically, socially, or any other damn way we need to.
At some point, these idiots in the Establishment are going to realize that their Jedi Mind Tricks just don't work anymore on enough of the citizenry.
Sooner or later, the Establishment is going to understand that their ass is grass, and We The People aren't going to tolerate any more of their crimes, corruption, and their profound evil...
we should all bow to the great god algore for inventing the internet/S
The reputation of the NYT is immune from becoming stained in the same way that water is immune from becoming wet.