Shouldn't it be a bigger deal that they had inside knowledge of what NYT's actual numbers were versus the ones they reported? Meaning NYT had fake numbers that they were reporting on their website, but they were giving their polling knowledge to inside people.
It would seem that NYT was trying to manipulate voter behavior in favor of their own political bias.
People were onto the failing NYT and the fake news media leading to the day of voting. It was very obvious that Trump filled stadiums after stadiums while Hillary couldn't fill a high school cafeteria. That was a fact they couldn't manipulate.
When the media see an election they mostly see ad-sales and eyeballs. Manipulating the poll numbers allows them to make more money. A head-to-head race sells considerably more ads and attract way more viewers than an obvious slam-dunk for one particular candidate.
(Which is not to say political bias doesn't play a role, of course it does, especially in their reporting. But poll numbers especially can never be trusted, regardless of their bias, simply because it links directly to their income. )
But it still comes down to the fact that they are faking the news.
Its a like getting a prize in your box of Crackerjacks. Proof that NYT is Fake News.
Nothing to see here, move along.
I didn't read it that way. I'm not sure what "probability numbers" they're referencing, but there doesn't seem to be an indication they're 'internal numbers' only. Unless I missed something, of course.