I have no idea why they decided to talk up the large ticket requests. Obviously there is something fishy going on when you get a million requests for tickets for a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
That having been said, yes, NYT is being as slimy as ever with its coverage.
Three possibilities as I see it.
1. Arrogance on the part of Trump’s campaign.
2. Technological ignorance on the part of Trump’s campaign.
3. Google deliberately fed the campaign fake analytics to keep them from catching on.
All not good.