I wouldn't say that the New York Times was a great "friend" of Hillary Clinton's, when it's all added up.
NYT published reports, week in and week out, during the FBI's investigation of Hillary's emails and email server "issues." They gave it a high news profile.
NYT reported it explicitly as a "criminal" investigation--Hillary didn't like that. She would rather it have been referred to as an investigation into certain "issues."
NYT paid a book publisher (or the author--whichever) for the right to publish material from a book--to serialize it.
NYT, a book--can you
guess which book I have in mind--I think it's safe to say that Hillary did not like.
NYT, that was not a "Catch and Kill" kind of deal to suppress a story. NYT's publication of material from the book a "plus" for publicizing the book and boosting its sales.
If you can show these assertions to be inaccurate, or even not particularly accurate--just borderline--"knock yourself out."
Of course, this topic is about more than just
that, but I think the New York Times, in particular, is dissed here (on Pennock's) in a way that blindly disregards its virtues.
There are "perfect" Presidential phone calls, but there are no
perfect newspapers. Media's a different ball game. Apples and Alquejenjes.
[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 02-06-2020).]