> Social media stars have become a magnet for campaigns and political groups that want to push priorities without disclosing where their money is going.

Coming from the NYT this is thick. Like really, very, very thick.

I could cite many examples but I'll just take one... Sam Bankman-Fried's parents were well-connected NY democrats with tentacles meddling everywhere, including to raise money for democrats. This gave us articles in the NYT totally downplaying what this scammy thief did.

https://gizmodo.com/nytimes-bizarre-softball-article-ftx-sam...

And that'd be Gizmodo being very soft themselves, calling it "bizarre" and "softballing" instead of really naming it for what it is.

Something something about the pot calling the kettle black and all that: the NYT are fucking hypocrites.