The First Amendment was framed for an openly partisan press, such as the newspapers in which Jefferson and Hamilton waged their political battles. IOW, a press with no pretense to objectivity.A press arrogant enough to believe itself to be objective is a press which sees the First Amendment as a loophole for non-objective nuisances such as Rush Limbaugh--or for that matter, Free Republic. A press which, odd as it may seem, is contemptuous of the First Amendment.
Politicians and journalists--and not the public at large--were the only real supporters of McCain-Feingold. And that is by no means an accident. The whole idea of "public relations" is that we-the-people are easily swayed by symbolism. The ones who are difficult to con are the ones with the strongest tendency to put things into perspective--the conservatives.
Because the NYT is of the world. The world hates Christ and Christ's representatives here on earth. Their foolish hearts have been darkened and their condemnation is upon them.