@PaulDavisTheFirst @weyoun6
I think there’s a lot to that.
I do also think “aristocracy” captures something about the flavor of the NYT in particular, even compared to other very similar news outlets.
But, to your point: The New Yorker, for example, is also oozing with aristocracy but is on the whole much less invested in the status quo. So…yeah, I think you have a point.