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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''. Declining in popularity and credibility, ''The New York Times'' 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''. Declining in popularity and credibility, ''The New York Times'' 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]]</ref> This was recently acknowledged by Arthur Brisbane, the departing public editor at the New York Times:

''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]]</ref> This was acknowledged by Arthur Brisbane, the departing public editor at the New York Times:

* The "public editor" of the New York Times accused his employers of harboring progressive bias on topics like [[gay marriage]] and the [[occupy movement]].<ref>[https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/08/ny-times-public-editor-progressive-worldview-bleeds-133188.html]</ref>

* The "public editor" of the New York Times accused his employers of harboring progressive bias on topics like [[gay marriage]] and the [[occupy movement]].<ref>[https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/08/ny-times-public-editor-progressive-worldview-bleeds-133188.html]</ref> Former editor Jill Abramson admitted the paper had an "unmistakably [[anti-Trump]]" bias.<ref>Kurz, Howard (January 2, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-n-y-times-editor-rips-trump-coverage-as-biased Former NY Times editor rips Trump coverage as biased]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref>

Its publisher, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. has denied this, claiming instead that the paper has an "urban" viewpoint.<ref>https://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>https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/weekinreview/25bott.html?ei=5088&en=452926dcb11511a3&ex=1248667200&pagewanted=all&position=</ref>

Its publisher, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. has denied this, claiming instead that the paper has an "urban" viewpoint.<ref>https://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>https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/weekinreview/25bott.html?ei=5088&en=452926dcb11511a3&ex=1248667200&pagewanted=all&position=</ref>