The NYTimes has a history of fabricating and outright lying to serve their own corporate or affiliated agendas. See for eg:
https://www.amazon.com/Gray-Lady-Winked-Misreporting-Fabrica...
https://www.amazon.com/Gray-Lady-Winked-Misreporting-Fabrica...
https://news.gallup.com/poll/651977/americans-trust-media-re...
And from the NYTimes themselves:
"‘Trust’ in the News Media Has Come to Mean Affirmation"
https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/11/11/why-has-tru...