News flash to the NYT...
Not everyone is as ignorant as your staff.
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The dirty secret is that the NYT staff are there to feed the niche red meat.
At the top of the NYT pyramid they know exactly what they are doing; Trying to survive as a news publisher by cultivating what they project as the most loyal possible niche, political fanatics.
So the staff are in fact ignorant. They are true believers doing what they are meant to. They’re not going to win over any moderate independents with their hysterics. That’s not what they are really meant to do.
I understand your argument, but if you’re killing your circulation and being ignored by most Americans, it seems it can’t be too well thought out.