Did you catch the New York Times’ obituary for Cincinnati Bengals coach Sam Wyche? They really zeroed in on the single most important event of Wyche’s career:

Sam Wyche, who was the last coach to lead the Cincinnati Bengals to the Super Bowl, but who was later fined by the National Football League for barring a female reporter from the team’s locker room, has died https://t.co/A2cnDDYbQu — NYT Obituaries (@NYTObits) January 7, 2020

All the news that’s fit to print!

You people are garbage — The Dank Knight ? (@capeandcowell) January 7, 2020

Wtf is the matter with you people — Dan (@LawoftheGator) January 7, 2020

NYT Obituaries never disappoints as the worst account on this website. https://t.co/fz6OCppp13 — Siraj Hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) January 7, 2020

That may very well not be an understatement. If you’re curious about their standards, look no further than how they treated Iranian terrorist mastermind Qasem Soleimani:

Qassim Suleimani, Master of Iran’s Intrigue and Force, Dies at 62 https://t.co/POoNRnRz26 — NYT Obituaries (@NYTObits) January 7, 2020

The obit was so nice, they tweeted it twice:

The commander helped direct wars in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen, and he became the face of Iran’s efforts to build a regional axis of Shiite power. https://t.co/aP8haReEJY — NYT Obituaries (@NYTObits) January 7, 2020

It took not one, not two, but three people to come up with this:

In the West, he was seen as a clandestine force behind an Iranian campaign of international terrorism. He and other Iranian officials were designated as terrorists by the United States and Israel in 2011, accused of a plot to kill the ambassador of Saudi Arabia, one of Iran’s chief enemies in the region, in Washington. Last year, in April, the entire Quds Force was listed as a foreign terrorism group by the Trump administration. But in Iran, many saw him as a larger-than-life hero, particularly within security circles. Anecdotes about his asceticism and quiet charisma joined to create an image of a warrior-philosopher who became the backbone of a nation’s defense against a host of enemies.

Isn’t that special.

If only Wyche had been an austere religious scholar or something, he might’ve gotten the same kind treatment as the NYT gave Soleimani. Oh well. Too late now! He should’ve let that female reporter into the locker room.

To be fair, Soleimani encouraged beating and killing women.. but no reports of him banning them from locker rooms. — meg ?????? (@tatme123) January 7, 2020

Did Soleimani ever bar a woman from a locker room? Check mate, neocons. — neontaster (@neontaster) January 7, 2020

Yeah, but did he ever lose a Super Bowl? — Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) January 7, 2020

If only 1980’s NFL locker rooms were as progressive on women’s issues as….(checks notes) modern day Iran — Tony! Toni! Toné! Stark (@StarkTTT) January 7, 2020

At least the New York Times has their priorities straight.

Jfc who’s running that mess?? — williamvansyckel (@williamvansyck1) January 7, 2020

That tells you everything you need to know about the @nytimes. — Pendleton Lejeune (@USANo1Fan) January 7, 2020

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