| Having violated the first rule of their craft: |
The first rule of investigative journalism is to be equally suspicious of everyone. If your mother says she loves you, check it out. (This is not necessarily the best or happiest way to live, but somebody’s gotta do it.)
But somewhere along the way the [NY] Times etc forgot the first rule. They forgot that their job is not to be an arm of the public health establishment, no matter how much they love The Science, or the Democratic Party, now matter how much they hate Donald Trump.
That said, they blew it.
Blithe Spirit 