The NYT suppressed news about domestic spying on request of George W. Bush, to help his 2004 reelection. Snowden went to The Guardian because he couldn't trust that the NYT would publish his story, and not just hand his ass to the authorities: https://www.npr.org/2014/06/05/319233332/new-york-times-edit...
Thank you, yes, spiking the Risen and Lichtblau dragnet surveillance story in 2004 election year should be mentioned when defining NYT's general bias. It does also seem to have an editorial and publisher pro Trump bias.
