They fact check.
Meaning, they check for facts that are in line with their hashkafa?
Is it at all possible for you to agree that the NYT article was written with malicious intent? If yes, what would it take for you to get there? I'm not saying that I'll convince you, I'm just wondering if you are unwilling to go there, even if it's the truth.
One thing that I think has gotten lost here is that this is not simply about funding. It's about threatening to put parents in jail if they send their kids to Yeshivas that don't pass the requirements of the state lords. Yes, the same state that has a failing PS system in their largest city and isn't worrying about that - instead attacking a far superior school system in the same city. Absurd? Perhaps, I guess it depends who you ask.