so even though the link says mediamatters I'm not actually clicking on mediamatters? Please excuse my technological ignorance then. How does that work?
NO, if you click on the link, you are going to media matters, but you don't have to go to Media Matters. Its your choice. You can get the same article from its original source NYT.com.
Same article either way, it does not matter. First thing the article does is tell you the source of it, NYT.