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The '''New York Times''' (NYT) is a [[newspaper]] that is published in [[New York City|New York]], [[New York]] and distributed to readers worldwide. The newspaper has been awarded the most [[Pulitzer Prize]]s of any newspaper, with a total of 95.

''The '''New York Times''''' (NYT) is a [[newspaper]] that is published in [[New York City]] and distributed to readers worldwide. The newspaper has been awarded the most [[Pulitzer Prize]]s of any newspaper, with a total of 95.

[[Image:Arthursulzbergerjr.jpg|right|thumb|Arthur "Pinch" Sulzberger Jr.]]

[[Image:Arthursulzbergerjr.jpg|right|thumb|Arthur "Pinch" Sulzberger Jr.]]

It has been accused by some of holding 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> It is the third most widely circulated newspaper in the United States behind ''[[USA Today]]'' and ''[[Wall Street Journal|The Wall Street Journal]]'' <ref>Infoplease.com: [http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0004420.html Top 100 Newspapers in the United States]</ref>.The New York Times is published by 3rd generation NYT publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. New York Times publisher [[Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr.]] has denied the the New York Times has a [[liberal]] viewpoint and has stated the New York Times 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, and cited the example of their coverage of [[Homosexuality and Marriage|homosexual marriage]].<ref>http://www.cnsnews.com/facts/2007/facts2007914.asp</ref><ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/weekinreview/25bott.html?ei=5088&en=452926dcb11511a3&ex=1248667200&pagewanted=all&position=</ref>   

It has been accused by some of holding 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> It is the third most widely circulated newspaper in the United States behind ''[[USA Today]]'' and ''[[Wall Street Journal|The Wall Street Journal]]''. <ref>Infoplease.com: [http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0004420.html Top 100 Newspapers in the United States]</ref> ''The New York Times'' is published by third generation publisher [[Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr.]] Sulzberger has denied the the ''Times'' has a liberal viewpoint, and has stated it 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, and cited the example of their coverage of [[Homosexuality and Marriage|homosexual marriage]].<ref>http://www.cnsnews.com/facts/2007/facts2007914.asp</ref><ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/weekinreview/25bott.html?ei=5088&en=452926dcb11511a3&ex=1248667200&pagewanted=all&position=</ref>   

[[Cybercast News Service]] states the following regarding regarding the influence of the New York Times and [[Washington Post]]:

[[Cybercast News Service]] states the following regarding regarding the influence of the ''New York Times'' and ''[[Washington Post]]'':

{{cquote|While the newspapers reach only a fraction of people compared to the television networks, he said radio and television producers rely heavily on their contents.

{{cquote|While the newspapers reach only a fraction of people compared to the television networks, he said radio and television producers rely heavily on their contents.

The NYT publishes 15 other newspapers, including the ''International Herald Tribune'' (based in Paris) and the ''Boston Globe.''

The NYT publishes 15 other newspapers, including the ''International Herald Tribune'' (based in Paris) and the ''Boston Globe.''

Examples of types of [[liberal bias]] utilized by the New York Times include:

Examples of types of [[liberal bias]] utilized by the ''New York Times'' include:

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*''The Times'' correspondent [[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>

*''The Times'' correspondent [[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>

*C. L. Sulzberger in 1944 wrote a glowing review of [[Edgar Snow]]'s ''People on Our Side'' and plugged Snow's earlier 1937 work, ''Red Star Over China'' in which Snow stated, "The political ideology, tactical line and theoretical leadership of the [[Chinese Communists]] have been under the close guidance, if not positive direction, of the [[Communist International]], which during the last decade has become virtually a bureau of the [[Russian Communist Party]]. In the final analysis this means that for better or worse, the policies of the Chinese Communists, like the Communists in every other country, have had to fall in line with, and usually subordinate themselves to, the broad strategic requirements of [[Soviet Russia]], under the dictatorship of [[Stalin]]."<ref>New York Times Weekly Book Review, September 10, 1944; ''Red Star Over China'', Edgar Snow, New York, 1937, pg. 374. Quoted in ''While You Slept : Our Tragedy in Asia and Who Made It'', John T. Flynn,  New York : The Devin - Adair Company, 1951, [http://www.mises.org/books/whileyouslept.pdf pgs. 73, 83] pdf.</ref> [[Mao Zedong]] and [[Joseph Stalin]], the leaders given endorsement here as "people on our side," are the two biggest [[democide|mass murderer]]s in history.

*C. L. Sulzberger in 1944 wrote a glowing review of [[Edgar Snow]]'s ''People on Our Side'' and plugged Snow's earlier 1937 work, ''Red Star Over China'', in which Snow stated, "The political ideology, tactical line and theoretical leadership of the [[Chinese Communists]] have been under the close guidance, if not positive direction, of the [[Communist International]], which during the last decade has become virtually a bureau of the [[Russian Communist Party]]. In the final analysis this means that for better or worse, the policies of the Chinese Communists, like the Communists in every other country, have had to fall in line with, and usually subordinate themselves to, the broad strategic requirements of [[Soviet Russia]], under the dictatorship of [[Stalin]]."<ref>New York Times Weekly Book Review, September 10, 1944; ''Red Star Over China'', Edgar Snow, New York, 1937, pg. 374. Quoted in ''While You Slept : Our Tragedy in Asia and Who Made It'', John T. Flynn,  New York : The Devin - Adair Company, 1951, [http://www.mises.org/books/whileyouslept.pdf pgs. 73, 83] pdf.</ref> [[Mao Zedong]] and [[Joseph Stalin]], the leaders given endorsement here as "people on our side," are the two biggest [[democide|mass murderer]]s in history.

*In 2003, ''New York 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. Blair was promoted and problems with his reporting were ignored due to the newspaper's adherence to [[affirmative action]]<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> Online NewsHour

*In 2003, ''New York 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. Blair was promoted and problems with his reporting were ignored due to the newspaper's adherence to [[affirmative action]]<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> Online NewsHour

==See Also==

==See Also==

*[[Previous Breaking News/New York Times|Articles about '''New York Times''' from previous "Breaking News"]]

*[[Previous Breaking News/New York Times|Articles about '''''New York Times''''' from previous "Breaking News"]]

*[[Homosexuality in the Media]]

*[[Homosexuality in the Media]]