The President is being Captain Obvious
None of the rest of the Mockingbird State Media was talking about the Slate story on the blatant NYT's admission to propaganda. Because the President still has a bully pulpit, they now have to either say he's lying, which is one way to get the news out, or admit that it's true.
Americans are becoming smart enough to read between the lines, much as the soviets during pravda's in-glory days.