The NY Times and LA Times remain amongst the most respectable newspapers in the world. They have no axe to grind on matters of business. They are not forms of Political Porn like Media Matters or World Net Daily.... or imbalanced reporters such as Fox or MSNBC.
People that ridicule the NY Times or LA Times and can not post evidence from a comparable source that would counter the argument live in an odd-space in life and not sufficiently grown-up enough to have an adult political conversation.
Feel free to actually rebut the argument (with equivalent support for your argument) instead of showing cowardice by offering such shallow distractions as to suggest that the NY Times or LA Times are not credible to mask the fact you have no intelligent rebuttal.
Again, the proposition on the table is that Hostess failed because it was a weak company.. and there are numerous parties at fault for that failure, including private equity, which layered tons of debt on the company, weakening its balance sheet to effect a proper turnaround.
But, I will indulge you, as the proponderance of evidence on this matter supports my assertion, so let's try another source....
How Workers And Management Both Caused The Demise Of Hostess - Business Insider
The idea that this healthy company failed because of the unions is an argument set forth by persons with an anti-union agenda and perpetuated by similar parties and the ignorant.