NYT Runs Editorial Demanding Cuts in Social Security and Medicare in News Section

The Washington Post long ago abandoned the separation between news and editorials, routinely running pieces advocating cuts in Social Security and Medicare in its news section. It now appears as though the New York Times is following the Post's lead.

A news story on the budget made repeated assertions that Social Security and Medicare must be cut. At one point it referred to the:

"the inevitable pain that comes from curbing those huge and popular programs [Social Security and Medicare]."

Of c...