I don’t wish to be dismissive of victims at all (and if that’s how my previous post reads, apologies, that wasn’t intended). But per your account, the NYT held their audience pretty well. 
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Ludicrous aside: I was going to add a quote I remembered: journalism is the writing on the back of the adverts - but couldn’t remember who said it. So (after a few false starts) I googled this
journalism is “the writing on the back of the adverts” Quote
- which got precisely one hit - SDMB (!) Are we smart or what?
Here is the post in question:
So, to answer my own question, some of us are smart, others not so much. But do I get to keep the quote now?