Leave it to The New York Times to spread a conspiracy theory that the release of Lee Zeldin’s attacker on no bail was a “ploy” to boost the candidate’s “anti-crime” message, even resorting to a Trumpian some-people-are-saying frame to push it since the paper’s own reporters found nothing to back it up.
“How Did a Man Accused of Attacking Lee Zeldin Go Free Without Bail?” screamed the Times main headline on a story posted Wednesday near the top of its New York page. The decision “was seen by some Democrats” as a ploy to fuel Zeldin’s “anti-crime campaign” as he runs for governor, the subhead suggested.