That's not true, and certainly not true enough to make such sweeping generalizations. From the actual New York Times regarding their editing standards for writ

That's not true, and certainly not true enough to make such sweeping generalizations. From the actual New York Times regarding their editing standards for writing headlines: [1] Headlines are written in the historical present tense. That means they written are in present tense but describe events that just happened. The exception to that is when you're reporting on something that happened quite some time ago." The Rosetta Stone wasn't just deciphered. [1] https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/general/weblines/521.html https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/general...