Large news sites like the NYT have editing procedures and internal hoops to go through. This isn't just joe shmo's blog that is updated at a whim. I've written

Large news sites like the NYT have editing procedures and internal hoops to go through. This isn't just joe shmo's blog that is updated at a whim. I've written freelance articles with editing periods of months, you can imagine that it's a lot harder when it's news.