It's kind of a tail wagging the dog question. A big part of the problem, especially in this election, is a lot of voters are looking for an excuse to cast their vote for Trump, even though they know they should know better. Biased language like in the NYT Trump headlines give them that permissionIt's kind of a tail wagging the dog question. A big part of the problem, especially in this election, is a lot of voters are looking for an excuse to cast their vote for Trump, even though they know they should know better. Biased language like in the NYT Trump headlines give them that permission

There's always Franklin's "what a wonderful thing it is to be a reasonable person, for one is able to find or make a reason for anything one wants to do" quote, but the NYT actively choosing to treat Trump with kid gloves and only treating Democrats as having agency is journalistic malfeasance.