The “New York Times is a liberal newspaper” narrative will never go away. According to the Washington Free Beacon, in 2008, a foundation overseen by Bill and Hillary Clinton donated $100,000 to the Times. As you’ll recall, the paper endorsed—somewhat controversially—Hillary over Barack Obama. The horror!
At the time, there were plenty of rumors floating around that the Times editorial board wanted to endorse Obama, but was overruled by publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. Did this donation have anything to do with that?
Maybe, maybe not.
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