If the New York Times is unable (or unwilling) to send its own reporters to Iran, it can hire local Iranian reporters. Instead, it is choosing not to report on the ground in Iran, and then coming up with unpersuasive excuses to cover its tracks.
https://fair.org/home/nyt-covers-iran-war-with-no-reporters-in-iran/
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