I think some of our older conservative friends have an outdated view of the efficiency of the media. Reporters, be it ones working for the NYT, Fox News, CNN, Newsmax, etc etc are lazy and stupid. They don't get any less lazy and stupid depending upon who they work for, unless they work for Playboy in which case I imagine those reporters are pretty inspired to go to work every day.

Otherwise, you can expect stories about nothing.
So, Hillary Clinton.
People are interested in her. Interest sells papers. Controversy does too, real or imagined. So, you're not going to write a piece about how everything's going smoothly over in Clintonville. Rather you're going to write stories about the dimensions of any interns they may have hired. Far from being a vehicle for any HRC Presidential run, the NYT like any media outlet is looking out for its own interests.
So, this is already a non-story just like the whole who's-Palin's-kids-real-mother nonsense. What exactly is the issue here? That it took a new non-profit funded by private donations a few years to get its operations running properly? Better start drafting those impeachment amendments so that they can be voted on during Inauguration Day.