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'''''The New York Times''''' (NYT) is a [[newspaper]] published in [[New York City]] and distributed worldwide. It was first published in 1851, and is often referred to as the ''Old Grey Lady''. It is the third most widely circulated newspaper in the United States behind and ''[[Wall Street Journal|The Wall Street Journal]]'' and ''[[USA Today]]''.<ref>http://accessabc.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/the-top-u-s-newspapers-for-march-2012/</ref> | '''''The New York Times''''' (NYT) is a [[newspaper]] published in [[New York City]] and distributed worldwide. It was first published in 1851, and is often referred to as the ''Old Grey Lady''. It is the third most widely circulated newspaper in the United States behind and ''[[Wall Street Journal|The Wall Street Journal]]'' and ''[[USA Today]]''.<ref>http://accessabc.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/the-top-u-s-newspapers-for-march-2012/</ref> | ||
| − | ''The New York Times'' is generally thought to promote a [[liberal]] point of view.<ref>[http://www.timeswatch.org/ TimesWatch: Documenting and Exposing the Liberal Political Agenda of the ''New York Times'']</ref><ref>[http://www.nationalreview.com/nrof_luskin/luskin200407290744.asp Just Say It, Dan Okrent], National Review Online</ref> Its publisher, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. has denied this, claiming instead that the paper has an "urban" viewpoint.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/weekinreview/25bott.html?ei=5088&en=452926dcb11511a3&ex=1248667200&pagewanted=all&position=</ref> However, in the summer of 2004, the newspaper's then public editor (ombudsman), Daniel Okrent, published a piece on the ''Times'' liberal bias, | + | ''The New York Times'' is generally thought to promote a [[liberal]] point of view.<ref>[http://www.timeswatch.org/ TimesWatch: Documenting and Exposing the Liberal Political Agenda of the ''New York Times'']</ref><ref>[http://www.nationalreview.com/nrof_luskin/luskin200407290744.asp Just Say It, Dan Okrent], National Review Online</ref> Its publisher, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. has denied this, claiming instead that the paper has an "urban" viewpoint.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/weekinreview/25bott.html?ei=5088&en=452926dcb11511a3&ex=1248667200&pagewanted=all&position=</ref> However, in the summer of 2004, the newspaper's then public editor (ombudsman), Daniel Okrent, published a piece on the ''Times''' liberal bias, citing the example of its coverage of [[Homosexuality and Marriage|homosexual marriage]].<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/weekinreview/25bott.html?ei=5088&en=452926dcb11511a3&ex=1248667200&pagewanted=all&position=</ref> |
Conservative organizations claim that ''Times'' promotes the [[homosexual agenda]], because it employs homosexuals and wins praise from homosexual groups. In 2001 Richard Berke, the ''Times''' national political correspondent, revealed that "on any given day, three-fourths of those attending the daily meeting where it is decided what will be on the front page of the Times, are likely to be 'not-so-closeted' homosexuals." <ref>http://www.aim.org/publications/aim_report/2001/23.html</ref> In 2004, the [[Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation]] (GLAAD) gave the New York Times an award for "Outstanding Newspaper Overall Coverage", specifically citing journalist Frank Rich's article attacking President [[Ronald Reagan]]'s record on [[AIDS]].<ref>http://www.aim.org/media-monitor/gay-lobby-honors-new-york-times/</ref> | Conservative organizations claim that ''Times'' promotes the [[homosexual agenda]], because it employs homosexuals and wins praise from homosexual groups. In 2001 Richard Berke, the ''Times''' national political correspondent, revealed that "on any given day, three-fourths of those attending the daily meeting where it is decided what will be on the front page of the Times, are likely to be 'not-so-closeted' homosexuals." <ref>http://www.aim.org/publications/aim_report/2001/23.html</ref> In 2004, the [[Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation]] (GLAAD) gave the New York Times an award for "Outstanding Newspaper Overall Coverage", specifically citing journalist Frank Rich's article attacking President [[Ronald Reagan]]'s record on [[AIDS]].<ref>http://www.aim.org/media-monitor/gay-lobby-honors-new-york-times/</ref> | ||
Revision as of 16:24, August 7, 2012
The New York Times (NYT) is a newspaper published in New York City and distributed worldwide. It was first published in 1851, and is often referred to as the Old Grey Lady. It is the third most widely circulated newspaper in the United States behind and The Wall Street Journal and USA Today.[1]
The New York Times is generally thought to promote a liberal point of view.[2][3] Its publisher, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. has denied this, claiming instead that the paper has an "urban" viewpoint.[4] However, in the summer of 2004, the newspaper's then public editor (ombudsman), Daniel Okrent, published a piece on the Times' liberal bias, citing the example of its coverage of homosexual marriage.[5]
Conservative organizations claim that Times promotes the homosexual agenda, because it employs homosexuals and wins praise from homosexual groups. In 2001 Richard Berke, the Times' national political correspondent, revealed that "on any given day, three-fourths of those attending the daily meeting where it is decided what will be on the front page of the Times, are likely to be 'not-so-closeted' homosexuals." [6] In 2004, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) gave the New York Times an award for "Outstanding Newspaper Overall Coverage", specifically citing journalist Frank Rich's article attacking President Ronald Reagan's record on AIDS.[7]
In 2008, ABC journalist John Stossel claimed: "The reason the Times, and to a lesser extent the Post, are so important, and they are, is because the TV and radio - all of the media - copy it sycophantically. That's how bias at the Times becomes bias in other media."[8]
Examples of types of liberal bias utilized by the New York Times include:
As further reflection of the newspaper's liberal bias, it has been awarded the most Pulitzer Prizes of any newspaper.[9]
The NYT publishes 18 other newspapers, including the International Herald Tribune (based in Paris) and The Boston Globe. The parent company has suffered repeated financial crises in recent years.
Controversies
- In 1931, Times correspondent Walter Duranty intentionally covered up the Soviet genocide of the Ukrainians.[10]
- In 2003, Times reporter Jayson Blair resigned after it was found that he had engaged in repeated plagiarism and deceit, copying articles from other newspapers and fabricating information. [11]
- Michelle Malkin says the NYT has violated an agreement regarding journalists covering war casualties. [12]
- The New York Times subsidized[13] what Peter D. Feaver of the Boston Globe referred to as a "vicious" attack on the person and charter of a respected professional soldier, Gen. David Petraeus.[14] The radical liberal group MoveOn.org, an organization which advocated maintaining the corrupt United Nations Oil For Food program's support for the fascist Ba'athist regime in Iraq, ran a full page ad in the Times at roughly half the cost of regular price impugning Gen. Petraeus credibility as a traitor.[15]
- The New York Times is known to defend America's enemies, discount terrorist acts or present stories as not to offend Muslim feelings. As with the case of American students who carried out suicide bombings in Somalia. In the NYT article "A Call to Jihad, Answered in America," the issue was a “crisis of belonging,” “They want to belong, but who do they belong to?” Then the author states that these jihadist were “born-agains” or “fundis,” not how the rest of America describes Islamic fascism. [16]
Coverage of the Military
Like everything else liberal, supporting America's fighting men and women is a burden for the paper. If it is a sensitive matter that would endanger the lives of our troops, they shrug the concerns off and post photos of American troops abusing prisoners in Iraq. In a liberal 'cause for concern', a New York Times repoter was kidnapped in Afghanistan by the Taliban, December 2008. The Times colluded with all the news organizations to keep it secret, not to endanger the reporter. [17]
| “ | The Associated Press and most other Western news outlets respected a request from the Times to not report on the abductions because the publicity could negatively affect hostage rescue efforts and imperil Rohde's life. | ” |
See Also
References
- ↑ http://accessabc.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/the-top-u-s-newspapers-for-march-2012/
- ↑ TimesWatch: Documenting and Exposing the Liberal Political Agenda of the New York Times
- ↑ Just Say It, Dan Okrent, National Review Online
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/weekinreview/25bott.html?ei=5088&en=452926dcb11511a3&ex=1248667200&pagewanted=all&position=
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/weekinreview/25bott.html?ei=5088&en=452926dcb11511a3&ex=1248667200&pagewanted=all&position=
- ↑ http://www.aim.org/publications/aim_report/2001/23.html
- ↑ http://www.aim.org/media-monitor/gay-lobby-honors-new-york-times/
- ↑ http://cnsnews.com/news/article/abcs-stossel-rips-network-hostility-conservatives
- ↑ Totaling at least 106.
- ↑ New York Times Statement About 1932 Pulitzer Prize Awarded to Walter Duranty
- ↑ Jayson Blair: A Case Study of What Went Wrong at The New York Times
- ↑ The NYTimes’ unspeakable violation
- ↑ Subsidizing Sedition, Investor's Business Daily Editorial, 9/13/2007.
- ↑ MoveOn's McCarthy moment, By Peter D. Feaver, Boston Globe, September 11, 2007.
- ↑ Time Gives Lefties a Hefty Discount for "Betray us" Ad, Charles Hurt, New York Post, September 13, 2007.
- ↑ A Call to Jihad, Answered in America New York Times July 11, 2009
- ↑ New York Times Reporter Held Hostage by Taliban in Afghanistan Escapes Fox News, June 20 2009
