Well, it wasn't true then and it isn't true now, the paper has a viewpoint and it wraps itself in the mantle of neutrality again and again. Case in point. The homophobia at the Times was legendary. But of course, they were just reporting the straight facts. 2/ https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/10/the-new-york-times-discovered-gay-people-in-1987.html