DON’T EVER CHANGE, GRAY LADY:

Shot: “But several reliable, well-informed sources confirmed the idea that Hitler’s anti-Semitism was not so genuine or violent as it sounded, and that he was merely using anti-Semitic propaganda as a bait to catch masses of followers and keep them aroused, enthusiastic and in line for the time when his organization is perfected and sufficiently powerful to be employed effectively for political purposes.”

—The New York Times’ first profile of Hitler, headlined “New Popular Idol Rises in Bavaria,” which ran November 21st, 1922.

Chaser: NYT Columnist Nicholas Kristof Says the Holocaust is America’s Fault.

—Joe Cunningham, Red State.com, today. Read the whole thing.