There's no mistaking which side the New York Times is on in tomorrow's election.
On page A2, under the headline "The Consequences of the Midterms," is a question-and-answer-style interview with Astead Herndon, "a Times national reporter." He explains, "If the U.S. elects lawmakers who spread conspiracy theories and who promise to tear down tenets of democracy, that will embolden autocratic leaders in other countries and weaken the United States' standing in the world."
On Page A16, a Times "fact check" column is headlined "Republicans Revive a Misleading Claim About 87,000 New Tax Agents." The Times insists in bold "These claims are misleading," but the Times itself is misleading and tendentious in insisting so: "The 87,000 figure refers to a May 2021 estimate from the Treasury Department of the total number of employees — not just auditors — the I.R.S. proposes to hire over the next 10 years with funding requested by Mr. Biden. And while the I.R.S. plans to conduct more audits, wealthy Americans and businesses will bear the brunt of that scrutiny, not, as Republicans have suggested, working families." As if there is no overlap between the categories of "wealthy Americans and businesses" and "working families"?
If the New York Times is so worried that its left-leaning readership might deviate from the party line that it's publishing this sort of material at the last minute, the Republican wave expected tomorrow may turn out to be a genuine tsunami.