I don’t think anybody has doubted their bias for a long time. But, the financial assist is just too blatantly an assist to their liberal fan base and the NYTimes should now just be considered a wing of the democratic party. Not that I’ve ever considered them anything else, but that ad was just too much.
And in mainstream media circles, the Gray Lady remains the newspaper of record, just as 60 Minutes is still the most important weekly TV news magazine.