I’d compare the Times to the National Enquirer but the Enquirer actually investigates and reports, unlike the Times which seems to reformat press releases and memos from the DNC as news.
The media has been shaping opinions since timeimmemorial, before news papers the town/ street cryers radio television and all MSM, honest ones only in editorials and opinion pages, most MSM nowadays shape news to suit their politics in a way it was allways thus, I guess for some there is no right or wrong, only what works