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''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, an often-criticized award that favors [[liberal]] stories, of any newspaper, with a total of 95.
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''The '''New York Times''''' (NYT) is a [[newspaper]] that is published in [[New York City]] and distributed to readers worldwide.  
 
[[Image:Arthursulzbergerjr.jpg|right|thumb|Arthur "Pinch" Sulzberger Jr.]]
 
[[Image:Arthursulzbergerjr.jpg|right|thumb|Arthur "Pinch" Sulzberger Jr.]]
 
The ''New York Times'' promotes an unrelenting [[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>   
 
The ''New York Times'' promotes an unrelenting [[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>   
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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 95.</ref>
    
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