| Sign of the Times The New York Times had an epic weekend. It included one stunning document dump, one six-byline epic of a story, and one thoroughly embarrassing correction.
Let's start with the bad: The Times published an overdue examination of a sexual assault allegation leveled by Tara Reade at presidential candidate Joe Biden.
In a much-maligned tweet promoting the story, the Times wrote they found no evidence of a pattern of misconduct by Biden “beyond the hugs, kisses and touching that women previously said made them uncomfortable.”
That tweet was soon deleted, and a similar line in the report was removed. The Times noted the correction in a tweet, but it did not inspire confidence in the paper's reporting on the allegation — which was otherwise thorough.
Now the good reporting: The Times obtained a trove of emails exchanged between experts inside the federal government warning as early as January that the coronavirus would pose a serious threat to the United States.
In addition to that, there was a Times story -- bearing six bylines from some of the paper's best reporters -- that Mediaite's Reed Richardson described as "a detailed, blockbuster report in the New York Times that gives readers’ a thorough, blow-by-blow autopsy of the White House’s repeated failures to grapple with the deadly nature of the Covid-19 pandemic."
Read our summary here.
Bernie Backs Biden Bernie Sanders joined presumptive Democratic nominee for president Joe Biden for a live stream special announcement Monday... and endorsed the former vice president.
Bernie urged his supporters to back Biden in his race against Trump — and in return Biden lavished his former rival with high praise.
“I want to thank you for being a powerful voice. And you’ve been the most powerful voice for a fair and more just America," Biden said.
“It’s a voice like yours that refuses to allow us just to accept what is. You’ve refused to accept that we can’t change what’s wrong in our nation,” he added. “And you don’t get enough credit, Bernie.”
Anna Wintour Takes a Pay Cut
Mediaite's Aidan McLaughlin reports that Condé Nast is cutting pay of its top staff as it struggles under the financial pressures placed upon publishers during the coronavirus pandemic.
Mediaite obtained an email from Condé CEO Robert Lynch to all staff announcing the cuts.
The publisher of glossy mags Vogue, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker will see salaries of many executives cut by 20% (that includes artistic director Anna Wintour) and Lynch's salary cut by 50%.
Read the details here. | 
