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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> |
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| − | ''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 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>[https://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> 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><ref>Mass, Warren (January 3, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31088-former-top-editor-jill-abramson-notes-anti-trump-bias-at-new-york-times Former Top Editor Jill Abramson Notes Anti-Trump Bias at New York Times]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</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><ref>Mass, Warren (January 3, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31088-former-top-editor-jill-abramson-notes-anti-trump-bias-at-new-york-times Former Top Editor Jill Abramson Notes Anti-Trump Bias at New York Times]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref> |
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| | *[[genius bias]] | | *[[genius bias]] |
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| − | As further reflection of the newspaper's liberal bias, it has been awarded the most [[Pulitzer Prize]]s of any newspaper.<ref>Totaling at least 106.</ref> Leaked internal conversations have revealed many NYT staffers as what one conservative journalist called "parodies of hypersensitive liberal journalists."<ref>Flood, Brian (February 15, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/02/15/internal-conversation-paints-triggered-new-york-times-staffers-as-parodies-hypersensitive-liberal-journalists.html Internal conversation paints triggered New York Times staffers as ‘parodies of hypersensitive liberal journalists’]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved February 15, 2018.</ref> | + | As further reflection of the newspaper's liberal bias, it has been awarded the most [[Pulitzer Prize]]s of any newspaper.<ref>Totaling at least 106.</ref> Leaked internal conversations have revealed many NYT staffers as what one conservative journalist called "parodies of hypersensitive liberal journalists."<ref>Flood, Brian (February 15, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/02/15/internal-conversation-paints-triggered-new-york-times-staffers-as-parodies-hypersensitive-liberal-journalists.html Internal conversation paints triggered New York Times staffers as ‘parodies of hypersensitive liberal journalists’]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved February 15, 2018.</ref> |
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| | 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. | | 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. |
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| | |quote=Many of our cultural elite were uncomfortable when on March 8, 1983 he called the Soviet Union an “Evil Empire.” Anthony Lewis of the New York Times said the speech was “primitive...simplistic theology” and Henry Steele Commager of Columbia University called it “the worst speech ever given by an American president.” But when news of the speech reached Natan Sharansky, confined to an eight-by-ten foot cell on the Siberian border, the reaction was different: “Tapping on walls and talking through toilets, word of Reagan’s ‘provocation’ quickly spread throughout the prison. We dissidents were ecstatic. Finally, the leader of the free world had spoken the truth — a truth that burned inside the heart of each and every one of us.”}}</ref> | | |quote=Many of our cultural elite were uncomfortable when on March 8, 1983 he called the Soviet Union an “Evil Empire.” Anthony Lewis of the New York Times said the speech was “primitive...simplistic theology” and Henry Steele Commager of Columbia University called it “the worst speech ever given by an American president.” But when news of the speech reached Natan Sharansky, confined to an eight-by-ten foot cell on the Siberian border, the reaction was different: “Tapping on walls and talking through toilets, word of Reagan’s ‘provocation’ quickly spread throughout the prison. We dissidents were ecstatic. Finally, the leader of the free world had spoken the truth — a truth that burned inside the heart of each and every one of us.”}}</ref> |
| | ===Fabrications and scandals=== | | ===Fabrications and scandals=== |
| − | *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.<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/newshour/media/media_ethics/casestudy_blair.php Jayson Blair: A Case Study of What Went Wrong at The New York Times]</ref> | + | *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.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/media/media_ethics/casestudy_blair.php Jayson Blair: A Case Study of What Went Wrong at The New York Times]</ref> |
| | ===War on Terror=== | | ===War on Terror=== |
| | *[[Michelle Malkin]] says the NYT has violated an agreement regarding [[Journalism|journalist]]s covering [[war|war casualties]].<ref>[http://michellemalkin.com/2007/02/01/the-nytimes-unspeakable-violation/ The NYTimes’ unspeakable violation]</ref> | | *[[Michelle Malkin]] says the NYT has violated an agreement regarding [[Journalism|journalist]]s covering [[war|war casualties]].<ref>[http://michellemalkin.com/2007/02/01/the-nytimes-unspeakable-violation/ The NYTimes’ unspeakable violation]</ref> |
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| | ===Coverage of the Military=== | | ===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.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,527886,00.html New York Times Reporter Held Hostage by Taliban in Afghanistan Escapes] Fox News, June 20, 2009</ref> {{cquote|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.}} | + | 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.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,527886,00.html New York Times Reporter Held Hostage by Taliban in Afghanistan Escapes] Fox News, June 20, 2009</ref> {{cquote|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.}} |
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| | ===Boston Marathon Bombing=== | | ===Boston Marathon Bombing=== |
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| | ===Racism and hate groups=== | | ===Racism and hate groups=== |
| | In August 2018, the newspaper defended a [[racist]] editor it had just hired, and it even defended her racism.<ref>Multiple references: | | In August 2018, the newspaper defended a [[racist]] editor it had just hired, and it even defended her racism.<ref>Multiple references: |
| − | *Flood, Brian (August 2, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/08/02/new-york-times-stands-by-new-tech-writer-sarah-jeong-after-racist-tweets-surface.html New York Times stands by new tech writer Sarah Jeong after racist tweets surface]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved August 2, 2018. | + | *Flood, Brian (August 2, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/08/02/new-york-times-stands-by-new-tech-writer-sarah-jeong-after-racist-tweets-surface.html New York Times stands by new tech writer Sarah Jeong after racist tweets surface]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved August 2, 2018. |
| | *Caplan, Joshua (August 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/08/02/sarah-jeong-new-york-times-dumb-ss-f-ing-white-people/ NYT: New Hire Sarah Jeong ‘Regrets’ Professing Hate for ‘Dumbass F*cking White People’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 2, 2018. | | *Caplan, Joshua (August 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/08/02/sarah-jeong-new-york-times-dumb-ss-f-ing-white-people/ NYT: New Hire Sarah Jeong ‘Regrets’ Professing Hate for ‘Dumbass F*cking White People’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 2, 2018. |
| | *Richardson, Valerie (August 2, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/2/nyt-defends-sarah-jeong-after-anti-white-tweets/ NYT defends newly hired opinion writer with history of anti-white tweets]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved August 3, 2018. | | *Richardson, Valerie (August 2, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/2/nyt-defends-sarah-jeong-after-anti-white-tweets/ NYT defends newly hired opinion writer with history of anti-white tweets]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved August 3, 2018. |
| | *Duke, Selwyn (August 3, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/item/29702-ny-times-stands-by-new-editor-who-sent-vile-anti-white-tweets NY Times Stands by New Editor Who Sent Vile Anti-white Tweets]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 3, 2018. | | *Duke, Selwyn (August 3, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/item/29702-ny-times-stands-by-new-editor-who-sent-vile-anti-white-tweets NY Times Stands by New Editor Who Sent Vile Anti-white Tweets]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 3, 2018. |
| | *Vespa, Matt (August 3, 2018). [https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/08/03/dumba-fking-white-people-an-introduction-to-the-newest-nyt-editorial-writer-n2506164 Stay Classy: New NYT Editorial Writer Apparently Has A Problem With 'Dumba** F**king White People']. ''Townhall''. Retrieved August 3, 2018. | | *Vespa, Matt (August 3, 2018). [https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/08/03/dumba-fking-white-people-an-introduction-to-the-newest-nyt-editorial-writer-n2506164 Stay Classy: New NYT Editorial Writer Apparently Has A Problem With 'Dumba** F**king White People']. ''Townhall''. Retrieved August 3, 2018. |
| − | *Marsh, Kristine (August 2, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/08/02/new-york-times-hypocrites-knowingly-hire-racist-writer-who-wants-to-cancelwhitepeople.html New York Times hypocrites knowingly hire racist writer who wants to '#CancelWhitePeople']. ''Fox News'' (from ''NewsBusters''). Retrieved August 2, 2018. | + | *Marsh, Kristine (August 2, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/08/02/new-york-times-hypocrites-knowingly-hire-racist-writer-who-wants-to-cancelwhitepeople.html New York Times hypocrites knowingly hire racist writer who wants to '#CancelWhitePeople']. ''Fox News'' (from ''NewsBusters''). Retrieved August 2, 2018. |
| | See also: | | See also: |
| | * https://twitter.com/AreaAway/status/1025052681180573696 | | * https://twitter.com/AreaAway/status/1025052681180573696 |
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| | *Starr, Penny (August 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/06/black-conservatives-times-hiring-racist-vulgar-sarah-jeong/ Black Conservatives Speak Out Against NY Times Hiring ‘Racist,’ ‘Vulgar’ Sarah Jeong]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 6, 2018. | | *Starr, Penny (August 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/06/black-conservatives-times-hiring-racist-vulgar-sarah-jeong/ Black Conservatives Speak Out Against NY Times Hiring ‘Racist,’ ‘Vulgar’ Sarah Jeong]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 6, 2018. |
| | *Ma, Ying (August 7, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-new-face-of-racism-is-an-asian-woman-blinded-by-identity-politics The new face of racism is an Asian woman blinded by identity politics]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved August 7, 2018.</ref> In a blatant display of liberal [[double standard]]s, while this editor's racism was directed at white-skinned people, the NYT immediately fired another editor only a few months prior for anti-black and -gay tweets, even though that instance was not as severe as the former.<ref>Multiple references: | | *Ma, Ying (August 7, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-new-face-of-racism-is-an-asian-woman-blinded-by-identity-politics The new face of racism is an Asian woman blinded by identity politics]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved August 7, 2018.</ref> In a blatant display of liberal [[double standard]]s, while this editor's racism was directed at white-skinned people, the NYT immediately fired another editor only a few months prior for anti-black and -gay tweets, even though that instance was not as severe as the former.<ref>Multiple references: |
| − | *Re, Gregg (February 14, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2018/02/14/new-york-times-hires-writer-to-cover-consequences-technology-fires-her-for-tweets-hours-later.html New York Times hires writer to cover 'consequences of technology,' fires her for tweets hours later]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved August 2, 2018. | + | *Re, Gregg (February 14, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/tech/2018/02/14/new-york-times-hires-writer-to-cover-consequences-technology-fires-her-for-tweets-hours-later.html New York Times hires writer to cover 'consequences of technology,' fires her for tweets hours later]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved August 2, 2018. |
| | *Nolte, John (February 14, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/02/14/nyt-discovers-latest-left-wing-writer-befriends-nazis-calls-people-fgs/ NYT Discovers Its Latest Left-wing Editorial Writer Befriends Nazis, Calls People F*gs]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 2, 2018. | | *Nolte, John (February 14, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/02/14/nyt-discovers-latest-left-wing-writer-befriends-nazis-calls-people-fgs/ NYT Discovers Its Latest Left-wing Editorial Writer Befriends Nazis, Calls People F*gs]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 2, 2018. |
| | *Athey, Amber (August 2, 2018). [https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/02/new-york-times-sarah-jeong-racist/ NYTimes' Newest Hire Sent Tons of Anti-White Racist Tweets]. ''The Daily Caller''. Retrieved August 2, 2018.</ref> | | *Athey, Amber (August 2, 2018). [https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/02/new-york-times-sarah-jeong-racist/ NYTimes' Newest Hire Sent Tons of Anti-White Racist Tweets]. ''The Daily Caller''. Retrieved August 2, 2018.</ref> |