(Edit: I misread your "unfortunately so" as "unfortunately no" and I was super confused.)
I find your comment disheartening because I was kind of hoping that I was guessing wrong. Can I still hope that things are not quite as bad at the NY Times as at local weeklies?
If The New York Times, a 166 year old newspaper with a tradition of fine reporting, can lose all its credibility over that ... I don't even know what to say. You sound like a terrible customer and I'm sure they're happy not to have you?
I wrote the same two points in the comments of the article when it was published. I'm really disappointed with the NYT, having subscribed just a week before.
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