I basically agree with you. But the fact that the NYT is "bad for America" doesn't mean this article exploring the slander industry is bad or wrong, only a bit ironic.
You are right, the article is not bad just because it came from the NYT. There are still the occasional useful piece, though Always and only on safe or inconsequential matters. But the bad far outweighs any good. At any rate, irony is precisely what I pointed out.
