Really, you comparing online nonsense to NYT???? If it ever comes out that it is fabricated by them, they are toast. Please use a least a little bit of that gray matter in your head.
Considering that the gray lady has sunk to the level of a tabloid.... the online news sources may be more reliable.
Let's consider the many stories that the New York Times had to retract over the recent years when it came out they were totally fabricated after others investigated the nonsense they printed.