Better means holding itself to journalistic standards as opposed to catering to the most base instincts of its audience.

The issues you allude to don’t create an equivalence, except in the minds of people with no capacity for discernment whatsoever.

I.e. NYT readers prefer their propaganda with a hefty side of snobbery.

If you can’t tell the difference between two things that are obviously very different, you lack discernment. It’s nothing to do with snobbery, although people who struggle with such issues often perceive it that way because they don’t want to acknowledge shortcomings in themselves.

I was shocked this wasn't flagged into oblivion. NYPost is notoriously wrongspeak.