The ''New York Post'' is one of the few publications that has been critical of prominent [[liberal]] [[Ted Kennedy]].
However, like the [[globalist]] Rupert Murdoch and Fox News, the ''New York Post'' has often been [[RINO|inconsistently conservative]]. For example, it has called [[Donald Trump, Jr.]] an "idiot,"<ref>https://nypost.com/2017/07/11/donald-trump-jr-is-an-idiot/</ref> called on then President Trump to ban assault weapons,<ref>https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/new-york-post-trump-ban-assault-weapons-mass-shootings-867448/</ref> and criticized Trump for refusing to concede the 2020 Presidential Election despite allegedly result-changing irregularities in the election.<ref>https://nypost.com/2020/12/27/give-it-up-mr-president-for-your-sake-and-the-nation/</ref> ''The post '' did endorse [[President Trump]] for re-election''.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2020/10/26/the-new-york-post-endorses-president-donald-j-trump-for-re-election/ The New York Post endorses President Donald J. Trump for re-election]</ref>
Less than one month before the 2020 Presidential Election, ''the Post'' broke the news of then former VP [[Biden-Burisma scandal|Biden's collusion with Ukrainian gas giant Burisma executives and Ukrainian oligarchs]].<ref>*https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/email-reveals-how-hunter-biden-introduced-ukrainian-biz-man-to-dad/<br>*https://youtu.be/r4Kcc7a114I<br>*https://youtu.be/89ByR-vrnc4</ref> For the first time in American history, [[social media]] companies took [[direct action]] against a major U.S. publisher, censoring the news and the publisher on their platforms.<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/twitter-and-facebooks-assault-on-freedom-of-the-press_3540670.html</ref> ''The Post'' was among the top five newspapers by circulation in the United States at the time of the events.