[jacobolus]

Not a single member of the NYT board of directors ever worked in the White House or worked as a full-time political operative either.

They’re a mix of people from the journalism industry and people who had senior management roles in other kinds of businesses: some lawyers, some finance people, etc.

https://www.nytco.com/board-of-directors/

I certainly have problems with the NYT. It is generally pro-corporate and pro-establishment. It is under strong pressure to accept bullshit at face value, and often succumbs (e.g. in the run up to the Iraq War). It tends far too strongly towards nonsensical “bothsidesism”

There are also a lot of excellent journalists working there, and they do a lot of important work. So it’s a mixed bag.

[areyousure]

John W. Rogers, Jr. "was a leading campaigner for ... Bill Bradley's 2000 United States presidential campaign" and "served as a fundraising leader in Project Vote efforts led by former United States President Barack Obama". "He was part of the inner circle of the Barack Obama presidential campaign. He is a long-time Obama associate who serves as the co-chair of Obama's Illinois finance committee and who has been a major fundraiser for Democratic Party candidates. He served along with Bill Daley, Pat Ryan, Penny Pritzker and Julianna Smoot on Barack Obama 2009 presidential inauguration committee."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Rogers_Jr.

[jacobolus]

He’s a rich finance guy who is a major campaign contributor and fundraiser. That’s not the same as being a political operative, working in the White House, or the like.

For example, Brian McAndrews (also on the NYT board of directors) maxed out his campaign contributions to the RNC, Mitt Romney, GOP PACs, etc. But he also isn’t a political operative.

[areyousure]

Seems like a very fine distinction you are making. John W. Rogers, Jr. is on the board of the Barack Obama Foundation, and his wife did literally work in the White House.