I don't think it's partisan so much as incurious and sycophantic as access journalism has evolved. Celebrity culture includes way too many people, including in

I don't think it's partisan so much as incurious and sycophantic as access journalism has evolved. Celebrity culture includes way too many people, including in politics, and the NYT has not defended itself against this trend as much as it should have. The media is much less oppositional these days (see: Broderism).