In a brief essay, explain why the New York Times coverage (or lack of coverage) of the Flint, Michigan, water crisis was controversial.

What will be an ideal response?

While the New York Times did give a little coverage to the story early on, critics charge that the paper neglected the story because they weren’t willing to devote the reporting resources the story deserved. Instead, the story largely depended on local media such as newspapers and public radio to cover it. The New York Times responded by saying that they did do early coverage and would have had to have neglected other stories in order to cover it.