This sort of nearly open corruption at NYT is worthy of a Trump operation, to be honest.

When Kanye West bought a full-page ad apologizing for his anti-semitisim upon release of a new album, he apparently also bought a full-on legitimate looking "news" article to go with it:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/arts/music/ye-kanye-west-...

This is the same newspaper that has reporters bragging on Twitter that they shouldn't have to report on major economic news, like the broad effects of the Inflation Reduction Act, because they don't need to report on anything that would benefit Biden. Apparently Biden didn't pay off the right people at the NYTimes.