NYT Gives Up Distinction Between Editorializing and Reporting in Covering Pro-Business French Minister

Back in the good old days newspapers used to try to keep their opinions on the editorial page and try to stick to the facts on the news page. (I know, that's never neutral.) But the NYT didn't look like it was trying in its profile of Emmanuel Macron, the newly appointed minister of the economy in France.

As the piece tells us, Mr. Macron is pro-business. That seems to be agreed upon by all. However it also tells us that he "is bent on modernizing the country’s social model." It's clear that...