Comment: The NYT is a family owned, old line paper whose influence and distribution has atrophied for 20 years.  WaPo was also family owned and struggling until acquired by Jeff Bezos.  Under Bezos the WaPo has improved coverage and quality of reporting.  Both exhibit an "ideology" which mirrors the opinions of their owners.

Other similar examples are the Boston Globe which was acquired by the NYT for billions and sold soon after for a a pittance to sports mogul John Henry and WSJ acquired by Rupert Murdoch's news empire.

The common thread seems to be ownership by new money with deep pockets and an agenda other than objective reporting. 

Realistically speaking what we are seeing is a reprise of journalism as it existed in the 19th century, an enterprise controlled by wealthy publishers who used it as a vehicle to promote their financial and political interests.

In closing I would agree with HL Mencken:

"A newspaper is a device to make the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier"