Weird, they accidentally published an internal memo pointing out this is a bad story right in the middle of the story, followed by the weird unpersuasive memo arguing to at least keep the story on hold in case it turns out to matter later on

Three bylines and 35 paragraphs on "potential conflicts that could draw scrutiny" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/08/us/politics/doug-emhoff-kamala-harris-law.html

The Times politics desk is up there with the electoral college on the list of institutions that made 2016 possible and are structurally incapable of not doing the same things again

It was 120 degrees in Los Angeles but it's currently 83 and very humid in New York so let's get three reporters on how the weather in New York could be seen as unpleasant today, so we're not taking sides on the heat question