Is the NY Times reputable enough?

Twenty-six years later, at a lunchtime meeting about school reform in a Chicago skyscraper, Barack Obama met Mr. Ayers, by then an education professor. Their paths have crossed sporadically since then, at a coffee Mr. Ayers hosted for Mr. Obama’s first run for office, on the schools project and a charitable board, and in casual encounters as Hyde Park neighbors.

nytimes.com

The coffee in the Ayers home happened, as did the other things.

They were friendly acquaintances and occasional colleagues, and none of it would have mattered if Ayers hadn’t written his stupid book in 2001. The guy is a very charming sociopath, IMHO, and has become a respected figure among many who are active on the social and academic left/moderate left in Chicago.

The knee-jerk squeals of “they were never friends!!!” are silly.