The left lies Monday through Sunday. They know NOTHING but lies...otherwise they would have nothing to say. And the Times is their vehicle...
I often note in Homer J Simpson’s posts, which are of the NYT 70 years ago, that you do see a pro-Russia bias, even back then.
It was a LOT more subtle of course, NOTHING like it is today. But the same agenda was being pushed, as hard as possible for the time.