The NYT has run of the most effective ad campaigns in recent years, somehow placing itself as the last bastion of 'objective reporting', and the intellectual smugness that comes with it.

From my observation, they are giving platform to just one side of the debate in many issues, e.g. title IX legislation, where they are portraying a move that is supported by a number of reputed law professors[0] as another Trump goverment vs the victims argument:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/opinion/weakening-college...

Yes, it's an opinion article, but by choosing to give platform to just one side of the opinion, they are making a political choice.

[0] http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/9/1/law-faculty-title...