That explains nothing. The paper, the owners, editors, writers are all hard core Democrats. They would print anything and everything anti-Trump. It didn't matter to them one bit if it was lies as long as it fit the narrative. Saying they were deceived by Steele is weaker than weak. Everyone knew it was a lie for years and they did no reporting on that at the time. They, like everyone else, could have challenged the concocted story as true journalists are supposed to do and dug for the truth before all the impeachment crap, before all the Mueller investigations but didn't. What they did do were nothing but Orange Man Bad articles that confirmed that they were fake news. They are Globalist shills who did as they were told and happy to do it. Take a hike NYT. You're nothing but a rag... a dirty, greasy, filthy shit stained rag that needs disposed of.