There is nothing odd at all about the media silence on this. The new norm with American media has become: if it helps the left cover it, if it hurts the left do not cover it.
Bingo - watch what the New York Times DOES, not what they say - bunch of liars at best... same for the Washington Post and the rest of the liberals.
This is the same bunch that 'wants higher taxes on the rich' but goes out of their way to keep their own taxes down.