I'm wondering how often the NYT re-writes what someone says and then publishes the false opinion. If if they do that to someone like Henry Kissinger, then they'll do it to anyone and no reader can depend upon the NYT to be reporting the facts. I've learned to disregard almost everything I read that originates from the NYT due to their bias, but with this FRONT page story they have reached a new (low) level in the manufacture of "news."
The first time I found one was when I got the transcripts of Alan Greenspan testifying on Clinton's first budget. Greenspan had repudiated almost everything they said in an article which they described his testimony as supporting Clinton's first budget.