From the front-page New York Times news article on the inauguration of Mayor Bill de Blasio: "And he invoked the names of towering liberals in New York's past, including former Gov. Alfred E. Smith and former Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia as left-leaning politicians who proved social reform was possible in a city often synonymous with unfeeling, free-market capitalism."
The words "unfeeling, free-market capitalism" don't appear in the text of Mr. de Blasio's inaugural address, so it's hard to view this as anything other than the Times editors or reporter inserting bizarre opinions into a news article. Are Marxism or socialism more "feeling" than capitalism? Do the editors of the Times really think New York is "often synonymous with unfeeling, free-market capitalism"?
It's just weird.