Washington Post, and the quote from Sullivan by it's language seem contemporary to me or at least after the fact whereas Thomas the author/non-author was fired months before Epstein was arrested and died in prison.
(snip)
“It would be useful for readers who have become aware of this to know more from the Times about who knew what, when,” said Margaret Sullivan, a media critic and a former public editor at The New York Times. “I think it’s really important for reporters to have their main constituency in mind, and that is the public.”
(snip)
Later in the thread, Landon asked Epstein if he too had been questioned about his relationship to the GOP presidential hopeful.
“are you still getting calls from reporters re Trump?” Thomas asked.
“everyone except the NYT it seems 
” Epstein replied.
(snip)
https://theintercept.com/2025/11/14/epstein-new-york-times-trump/
I'm not a professional journalist so I can't argue on those merits so much as connecting dots.
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