This illustrates why the New York Times would have a very hard time moving toward the center to broaden their readership. They have pretty well driven away all of their readers but limousine liberals, leftist intellectuals, and assorted moonbats.
Anyone left, who can still stomach reading the NYT in its current form, is unlikely to put up with any sort of political sanity in its editorials or news presentations.
If they moved right, more likely they would start shedding subscribers rather than gaining them. They’ve really painted themselves into a corner.
The only reason the NY Times exists today is because libs think it makes them look intellectual while reading it at Starbucks.