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| | The last [[Republican]] the ''New York Times'' endorsed for president was [[Dwight Eisenhower]] in 1956. | | The last [[Republican]] the ''New York Times'' endorsed for president was [[Dwight Eisenhower]] in 1956. |
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| | + | The paper has been derisively referred to by its critics as the ''New York Slimes'' due to its intentionally sleazy, libelous and factually devoid articles and left-wing political and ideological bias in support of advancing liberal narratives.<ref>Multiple references: |
| | + | *[https://townhall.com/columnists/mikegallagher/2008/02/22/the-new-york-slimes-n966129 The New York Slimes] at TownHall.com |
| | + | *[https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/re-new-york-slimes-john-hood/ Re: The New York Slimes] at the National Review |
| | + | *[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/09/new-york-slimes-paper-targets-nikki-haley-for-expensive-curtains-at-state-department-which-were-bought-by-obama-admin/ NEW YORK SLIMES: Paper Targets Nikki Haley For Expensive Curtains At State Department - Which Were Bought By Obama Admin] at the Gateway Pundit |
| | + | *[https://morningmail.org/the-new-york-slimes/ The New York Slimes] |
| | + | *[http://www.american-partisan.com/cols/2003/king/qtr2/0524.htm The New York Slimes - All the lies that are fit to print] |
| | + | *[https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/09/the-new-york-slimes.php The New York Slimes] |
| | + | *[http://grouchyoldcripple.com/2018/08/the-new-york-slimes-hates-white-people/ The New York Slimes Hates White People] |
| | + | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kmIEthE13A The New York Slimes | The Ben Shapiro Show Ep. 663] at the Daily Wire YouTube channel</ref> |
| | + | *[https://nsroundtable.org/as-we-see-it/the-new-york-slimes/ The New York Slimes] at the National Security Roundtable |
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| − | Conservative organizations claim that the ''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 have stated that the ''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> |
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| | 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."<ref>http://cnsnews.com/news/article/abcs-stossel-rips-network-hostility-conservatives</ref> | | 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."<ref>http://cnsnews.com/news/article/abcs-stossel-rips-network-hostility-conservatives</ref> |
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| | :{{See also|2020 Presidential election}} | | :{{See also|2020 Presidential election}} |
| − | After the failure of the Mueller Report, ''The New York Times'' founded [[The 1619 Project]] in August 2019 to serve the Democratic party's objective of painting Donald Trump as a racist as a key issue for the 2020 presidential election. The 1619 Project claims that the United States was founded in the year 1619 A.D. on the basis of racism.<ref>https://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2019/08/28/beginning-of-us-slavery-n2552238</ref> | + | After the failure of the Mueller Report, ''The New York Times'' founded [[The 1619 Project]] in August 2019 to serve the [[Democratic Party|Democrat Party's]]'s objective of falsely painting Donald Trump as a "racist" as a key issue for the 2020 presidential election. The 1619 Project claims that the United States was founded in the year 1619 A.D. on the basis of "racism".<ref>https://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2019/08/28/beginning-of-us-slavery-n2552238</ref> |
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| − | ===Far left agenda=== | + | ===Far-Left agenda=== |
| − | In 2004, the newspaper's 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> | + | In 2004, the newspaper's ombudsman, Daniel Okrent, published a piece on the ''Times''' liberal bias, citing the example of its coverage of [[Homosexuality and Marriage|same-sex "marriage"]].<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/weekinreview/25bott.html?ei=5088&en=452926dcb11511a3&ex=1248667200&pagewanted=all&position=</ref> |
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| − | In 2012 again the "public editor" of the New York Times, Arthur Brisbane, 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> Its publisher, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. has denied the papers extreme left bias, 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> | + | In 2012 again the "public editor" of the New York Times, Arthur Brisbane, accused his employers of harboring progressive bias on topics like [[same-sex "marriage"]] and the [[Occupy Wall Street|Occupy movement]].<ref>[https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/08/ny-times-public-editor-progressive-worldview-bleeds-133188.html]</ref> Its publisher, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. has denied the paper's extreme leftist bias, 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> |
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| − | 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]], [[misandrism|misandrist]], anti-police and anti-Trump editor it had just hired, and it even defended her racism.<ref>Multiple references: |
| | *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. | | *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. |
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| | *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> |
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| − | In January 2019, ''The New York Times'' wrote a sympathetic profile of [[Black Hebrew Israelites]], a hate group, treating them significantly better than a group of Catholic students wearing [[MAGA]] hats, who it demonized.<ref>Adams, Becket (January 24, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/new-york-times-gives-friendlier-coverage-to-actual-hate-group-than-maga-teens New York Times gives friendlier coverage to actual hate group than 'MAGA'-teens]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 24, 2019.</ref><ref>Nolte, John (January 24, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/24/new-york-times-blistered-for-sympathetic-portrait-of-black-nationalists-who-taunted-covington-kids/ New York Times Blistered for Sympathetic Portrait of Black Nationalists Who Taunted Covington Kids]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 24, 2019.</ref> | + | In January 2019, ''The New York Times'' wrote a sympathetic profile of [[Black Hebrew Israelites]], a racist hate group, treating them significantly better than a group of Catholic students wearing [[MAGA]] hats, who it demonized.<ref>Adams, Becket (January 24, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/new-york-times-gives-friendlier-coverage-to-actual-hate-group-than-maga-teens New York Times gives friendlier coverage to actual hate group than 'MAGA'-teens]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 24, 2019.</ref><ref>Nolte, John (January 24, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/24/new-york-times-blistered-for-sympathetic-portrait-of-black-nationalists-who-taunted-covington-kids/ New York Times Blistered for Sympathetic Portrait of Black Nationalists Who Taunted Covington Kids]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 24, 2019.</ref> |
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| − | Two 17-year-old Indian boys allegedly used racial slurs against a group of African-American girls and urinated on one during the game at Lawrence High School. By making race a “[[social construct]],” the racist actions of non-white people can still be blamed on white people. ''New York Times'' columnist Nell Irvin Painter, wrote that the Indian boys were “enacting American whiteness through anti-black assault in a very traditional way.”<ref>https://summit.news/2019/10/28/new-york-times-columnist-blames-whiteness-for-two-indian-boys-racially-abusing-black-girls-in-new-jersey/</ref> | + | Two 17-year-old Indian boys allegedly used racial slurs against a group of African-American girls and urinated on one during the game at Lawrence High School. By making race a "[[social construct]]", the racist actions of non-white people can still be blamed on white people. ''New York Times'' columnist Nell Irvin Painter, wrote that the Indian boys were “enacting American whiteness through anti-black assault in a very traditional way.”<ref>https://summit.news/2019/10/28/new-york-times-columnist-blames-whiteness-for-two-indian-boys-racially-abusing-black-girls-in-new-jersey/</ref> |
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| − | In 2005, Professor Laurel Leff of Northeastern University published her seminal history of ''The New York Times'' titled “Buried By The Times: The Holocaust And America's Most Important Newspaper”<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Buried-Times-Holocaust-Important-Newspaper/dp/0521607825</ref> wherein she documented the newspaper's catastrophically failed coverage of the fate of millions of European Jews barely existing under the tyrannical and despotic rule of the German Nazi Regime. | + | In 2005, Professor Laurel Leff of Northeastern University published her seminal history of ''The New York Times'' titled "Buried By The Times: The Holocaust And America's Most Important Newspaper"<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Buried-Times-Holocaust-Important-Newspaper/dp/0521607825</ref> wherein she documented the newspaper's catastrophically failed coverage of the fate of millions of European Jews barely existing under the tyrannical and despotic rule of the German Nazi regime. |
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| − | She goes into detail how the decisions that were made by ''The New York Times'' ultimately resulted in their minimizing what turned out to be modern history's worst [[genocide]]—and whose cause of doing so she traced to its publisher [[Arthur Sulzberger]]—who, while millions of European Jews were being slaughtered, sent a memo to all of his reporters stating: “I have been trying to instruct the people around here on the subject of the word ‘Jews’, i.e., that they are neither a race nor a people, etc.”<ref>https://forward.com/culture/3307/counting-the-gray-lady-e2-80-99s-sins/</ref><ref>https://www.vox.com/2015/2/11/8016017/ny-times-hitler</ref> | + | She goes into detail how the decisions that were made by ''The New York Times'' ultimately resulted in their minimizing what turned out to be modern history's worst [[genocide]]—and whose cause of doing so she traced to its publisher [[Arthur Sulzberger]]—who, while millions of European Jews were being slaughtered, sent a memo to all of his reporters stating: "I have been trying to instruct the people around here on the subject of the word ‘Jews’, i.e., that they are neither a race nor a people, etc."<ref>https://forward.com/culture/3307/counting-the-gray-lady-e2-80-99s-sins/</ref><ref>https://www.vox.com/2015/2/11/8016017/ny-times-hitler</ref> |
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| − | During the atrocities, over 11,000 articles were published. But of those, merely 26 were about the Holocaust. To make matters worse, those articles that did actually get published were small, and buried deep and low in the paper below advertisements. One of the worst examples was an article titled "Warsaw Fears Extermination", which was so poorly written and spread apart that it was difficult to understand fully what the article was about.<ref>[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/scott-whitlock/2017/08/18/speaking-shameful-history-mark-levin-slams-nyt-burying-holocaust Speaking of Shameful History: Mark Levin SLAMS NYT for Burying Holocaust]</ref> | + | During the atrocities, over 11,000 articles were published. But of those, merely 26 were about the Holocaust. To make matters worse, those articles that did actually get published were small, and buried deep and low in the paper below advertisements. One of the worst examples was an article titled "Warsaw Fears Extermination", which was so poorly written and spread apart that it was difficult to understand fully what the article was about.<ref>[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/scott-whitlock/2017/08/18/speaking-shameful-history-mark-levin-slams-nyt-burying-holocaust Speaking of Shameful History: Mark Levin SLAMS NYT for Burying Holocaust]</ref> |
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| | [[Image:Holodomor2.jpg|right|thumb|Victims of Soviet government "agricultural reform" policies.]] | | [[Image:Holodomor2.jpg|right|thumb|Victims of Soviet government "agricultural reform" policies.]] |
| | :''Main article:'' [[Holodomor]] | | :''Main article:'' [[Holodomor]] |
| − | In 1931, ''Times'' correspondent and [[Soviet]] sympathizer/propagandist [[Walter Duranty]] intentionally covered up the Soviet [[Holodomor|genocide]] of the [[Ukraine|Ukrainians]].<ref>[http://www.nytco.com/company/awards/statement.html New York Times Statement About 1932 Pulitzer Prize Awarded to Walter Duranty]</ref> Duranty not only helped conceal all evidence of Holodomor, but [[discrediting attack|also called other journalists who reported on it "liars"]].<ref>[http://www.ucca.org/famine/ Ukrainian Congress Committee of America]</ref><ref>Robert Conquest</ref> The lack of knowledge of this genocide was observed by English writer [[George Orwell]], who commented "''huge events like the Ukraine famine of 1933, involving the deaths of millions of people, have actually escaped the attention of the majority of English Russophiles"''.<ref>"''Notes on Nationalism''" in "The ''Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell''" ([[London]], 1968), Vol. 3, p. 370.</ref> The Soviets managed to cover this up until Ukraine’s independence in 1991. Official Soviet documents recently declassified revealed that the genocide was indeed intended to target the Ukrainian people.<ref>http://5tv.com.ua/eng/newsline/184/0/33564/</ref> | + | In 1931, ''Times'' correspondent and [[Soviet]] sympathizer/propagandist/collaborator [[Walter Duranty]] intentionally covered up the Soviet [[Holodomor|genocide]] of the [[Ukraine|Ukrainians]].<ref>[http://www.nytco.com/company/awards/statement.html New York Times Statement About 1932 Pulitzer Prize Awarded to Walter Duranty]</ref> Duranty not only helped conceal all evidence of Holodomor, but [[discrediting attack|also called other journalists who reported on it "liars"]].<ref>[http://www.ucca.org/famine/ Ukrainian Congress Committee of America]</ref><ref>Robert Conquest</ref> The lack of knowledge of this genocide was observed by English writer [[George Orwell]], who commented "''huge events like the Ukraine famine of 1933, involving the deaths of millions of people, have actually escaped the attention of the majority of English Russophiles"''.<ref>"''Notes on Nationalism''" in "The ''Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell''" ([[London]], 1968), Vol. 3, p. 370.</ref> The Soviets managed to cover this up until Ukraine’s independence in 1991. Official Soviet documents recently declassified revealed that the genocide was indeed intended to target the Ukrainian people.<ref>http://5tv.com.ua/eng/newsline/184/0/33564/</ref> |
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| − | In a September 2019 tweet, ''The New York Times'' praised Mao and reminded viewers of its past positive coverage of Mao.<ref>Adams, Becket (September 9, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/new-york-times-deletes-glowing-mao-zedong-tweet-claims-it-lacked-historical-context New York Times deletes glowing Mao Zedong tweet, claims it lacked 'historical context’]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved September 9, 2019.</ref> | + | In a September 2019 tweet, ''The New York Times'' praised [[Mao Tse-tung]] and reminded viewers of its past positive coverage of Mao.<ref>Adams, Becket (September 9, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/new-york-times-deletes-glowing-mao-zedong-tweet-claims-it-lacked-historical-context New York Times deletes glowing Mao Zedong tweet, claims it lacked 'historical context’]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved September 9, 2019.</ref> |
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| − | [[Image:Batista4.gif|right|250px|thumb|Cuban President [[Fulgencio Batista]] (left) welcoming U.S. President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] (right). Batista, a signatory of the [[Atlantic Charter]], was overtherown by communist revolutionary [[Fidel Castro]].]] | + | [[Image:Batista4.gif|right|250px|thumb|Cuban President [[Fulgencio Batista]] (left) welcoming U.S. President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] (right). Batista, a signatory of the [[Atlantic Charter]], was overtherown by Communist revolutionary [[Fidel Castro]].]] |
| | The front page of the ''New York Times'' on April 18, 1959 read, "Premier [[Fidel Castro]] of [[Cuba]] denied today charges of [[Communist]] influence in his regime. In a speech before the American Society of Newspaper Editors he asserted: 'I have said very clearly that we are not Communists...our revolution is a humanistic one'". In an editorial later, the ''Times'' commented Castro "made it quite clear that neither he nor anyone of importance in his Government so far as he knew was Communist or in agreement with communism." | | The front page of the ''New York Times'' on April 18, 1959 read, "Premier [[Fidel Castro]] of [[Cuba]] denied today charges of [[Communist]] influence in his regime. In a speech before the American Society of Newspaper Editors he asserted: 'I have said very clearly that we are not Communists...our revolution is a humanistic one'". In an editorial later, the ''Times'' commented Castro "made it quite clear that neither he nor anyone of importance in his Government so far as he knew was Communist or in agreement with communism." |
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| − | {{QuoteBox|This is not a Communist revolution in any sense of the word and there are no Communists in positions of control. This is the overwhelming consensus among Cubans in the best position to know and this writer subscribes to that opinion after searching inquiries and talks with Cubans in all walks of life and with many Americans....<br><br>There seem to be very few in Cuba - and one need have no hesitation in saying this - who believe Fidel Castro is a Communist, is under Communist influence or is a dupe of communism...<br><br>There are no Reds in the Cabinet and none in high positions in the Government or army in the sense of being able to control either governmental or defense policies. The only power worth considering in Cuba is in the hands of Premier Castro, who is not only not Communist but decidedly [[anti-Communist]]. . .<br><br>Premier Castro is avoiding [[election]]s in Cuba for two reasons. He feels that his social revolution now has dynamism and vast popular consent, and he does not want to interrupt the process. Moreover, most observers would agree that Cubans today do not want elections. The reason is that elections in the past have merely meant to them the coming of corrupt politicians seeking the spoils of power. }}On December 2, 1961 Castro announced that he was forming:{{QuoteBox| a "united party of Cuba's [[Socialist]] revolution," a monolithic organization like the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Soviet Communist party]] with restricted membership....[He] acknowledged that he was a Marxist-Leninist and said that he was taking Cuba down the path to communism. He maintained that the world, too, "is on the road toward communism." . . .I am a Marxist-Leninist and will be one until the day I die".}}Castro added that by 1953, three years before his insurrection in Cuba, his political thinking "was more or less like what it is now." Herbert L Matthews after his days as a reporter in [[Havana]] was promoted to the Editorial Board of the ''New York Times.'' | + | {{QuoteBox|This is not a Communist revolution in any sense of the word and there are no Communists in positions of control. This is the overwhelming consensus among Cubans in the best position to know and this writer subscribes to that opinion after searching inquiries and talks with Cubans in all walks of life and with many Americans....<br><br>There seem to be very few in Cuba - and one need have no hesitation in saying this - who believe Fidel Castro is a Communist, is under Communist influence or is a dupe of communism...<br><br>There are no Reds in the Cabinet and none in high positions in the Government or army in the sense of being able to control either governmental or defense policies. The only power worth considering in Cuba is in the hands of Premier Castro, who is not only not Communist but decidedly [[anti-Communist]]. . .<br><br>Premier Castro is avoiding [[election]]s in Cuba for two reasons. He feels that his social revolution now has dynamism and vast popular consent, and he does not want to interrupt the process. Moreover, most observers would agree that Cubans today do not want elections. The reason is that elections in the past have merely meant to them the coming of corrupt politicians seeking the spoils of power. }}On December 2, 1961 Castro announced that he was forming:{{QuoteBox| a "united party of Cuba's [[Socialist]] revolution," a monolithic organization like the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Soviet Communist party]] with restricted membership....[He] acknowledged that he was a Marxist-Leninist and said that he was taking Cuba down the path to communism. He maintained that the world, too, "is on the road toward communism." . . .I am a Marxist-Leninist and will be one until the day I die".}}Castro added that by 1953, three years before his insurrection in Cuba, his political thinking "was more or less like what it is now." Herbert L. Matthews after his days as a reporter in [[Havana]] was promoted to the Editorial Board of the ''New York Times.'' |
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| − | *When on March 8, 1983 [[Ronald Reagan]] called the Soviet Union where people were routinely sent to [[Gulag]]s an “Evil Empire”, a prominent liberal intellectual Anthony Lewis of the New York Times commented two days later that the speech was “primitive...simplistic theology” and "a mirror image of crude Soviet rhetoric". 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>{{cite web |author=Fr. George Rutler | + | *When on March 8, 1983 [[Ronald Reagan]] called the Soviet Union where people were routinely sent to [[Gulag]]s an "Evil Empire", prominent liberal intellectual Anthony Lewis of the New York Times commented two days later that the speech was "primitive...simplistic theology" and "a mirror image of crude Soviet rhetoric". 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>{{cite web |author=Fr. George Rutler |
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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> |
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| | *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> | | *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> |
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| | ===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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| | *The ''New York Times'' subsidized<ref>[http://www.investors.com/editorial/editorialcontent.asp? Subsidizing Sedition], Investor's Business Daily Editorial, 9/13/2007.</ref> 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]].<ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/09/11/moveons_mccarthy_moment/ MoveOn's McCarthy moment], By Peter D. Feaver, ''Boston Globe'', September 11, 2007.</ref> The [[radical]] [[liberal]] group [[MoveOn.org]], an organization which advocated maintaining the [[corrupt]] [[United Nations]] [[Iraq#Oil for food scandal|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.<ref>[http://www.nypost.com/seven/09132007/news/nationalnews/times_gives_lefties_a_hefty_di.htm Time Gives Lefties a Hefty Discount for "Betray us" Ad], Charles Hurt, ''New York Post'', September 13, 2007.</ref> | | *The ''New York Times'' subsidized<ref>[http://www.investors.com/editorial/editorialcontent.asp? Subsidizing Sedition], Investor's Business Daily Editorial, 9/13/2007.</ref> 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]].<ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/09/11/moveons_mccarthy_moment/ MoveOn's McCarthy moment], By Peter D. Feaver, ''Boston Globe'', September 11, 2007.</ref> The [[radical]] [[liberal]] group [[MoveOn.org]], an organization which advocated maintaining the [[corrupt]] [[United Nations]] [[Iraq#Oil for food scandal|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.<ref>[http://www.nypost.com/seven/09132007/news/nationalnews/times_gives_lefties_a_hefty_di.htm Time Gives Lefties a Hefty Discount for "Betray us" Ad], Charles Hurt, ''New York Post'', September 13, 2007.</ref> |
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| − | *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.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/us/12somalis.html?_r=1&em A Call to Jihad, Answered in America New York Times July 11, 2009]</ref> | + | *The New York Times is known to defend America's enemies, discount terrorist acts or present stories as not to offend Islamic 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.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/us/12somalis.html?_r=1&em A Call to Jihad, Answered in America New York Times July 11, 2009]</ref> |
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| − | 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 reporter 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.}} | + | 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 dismissively shrug the concerns off and post photos of American troops abusing prisoners in Iraq. In a liberal 'cause for concern', a New York Times reporter 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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| | ===Coronavirus=== | | ===Coronavirus=== |