Something that I think can be lost in more shallow critiques of NYT and NYT opinion is that there's a divide between the reactionary writers and everyone else.

The reactionaries are LAZY. Pamela Paul gets a column out of "What ever happened to Free to be You and Me?"

But progressive writers like Polgreen (or Jamelle Bouie, others) often do real reporting or in depth analysis to complement their opinion writing. They work harder, for less credit. Important to remember them in our critiques.