That answers the question once and for all.

Amos rules folks.

He did not have to ponder the question at all. He knew the answer immediately, instinctively, just like built in reflex reaction when you do something automatically without thinking about it.

He knows beyond a shadow of a doubt what the NYT would do if Mac sent another one tomorrow.

I assume that Amos, knowing everything, knows exactly what was in that McCain op-ed and can confidently and professionally say it was not "newsworthy". He would never rely solely on what a newspaper with a declining circulation would say in it's own defense.