It’s a vicious cycle with cost cutting removing these positions, leading to fewer people reading and relying on the paper, leading to more cost cutting. I also

It’s a vicious cycle with cost cutting removing these positions, leading to fewer people reading and relying on the paper, leading to more cost cutting. I also think that there’s fewer pedants complaining in letters to the editor about these kinds of errors. And probably fewer editors paid to read any letters. Finally, since any discussions I have with friends about the NYT turn into a tribal discussion, there’s a weird situation where people defend poor writing and editing because they are pro-NYT. So I tend to avoid, or at least not participate because they are so pointless and boring.