As Millions March Against Fascism, NYT Warns Against Progressives
Two days after massive pro-democracy marches, the New York Times published a forceful message of its own—not against fascism, but against progressivism.
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Two days after massive pro-democracy marches, the New York Times published a forceful message of its own—not against fascism, but against progressivism.


After a massive Italian mobilization against genocide in Gaza, there was only a smattering of online coverage among US corporate media outlets.


The New York Times had Laura Rosenbury write as a free speech expert, despite her record of repressing protests, policing thought and censoring ideas.


Dismising the vibrant grassroots resistance to Trump’s occupation of DC as “only a few scattered protests” is a distortion.


A declaration by genocide scholars that Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza was widely seen as significant news–but not by the New York Times.


The New York Times is angry because it supports the muzzling of TikTok for Cold War–inspired reasons.


The New York Times’ opinion page carries political weight, and sounding the alarm on genocide earlier could have had an impact.


“Heightened Scrutiny examines the relationship between the media’s coverage of trans rights and the anti-trans legislation we have seen balloon.”


Even while feigning concern, the paper of record remains largely uninterested in centering trans people and perspectives in coverage of trans issues.


The ultimate goal of the New York Times editorial was to promote the idea that war with Iran could potentially be desirable—and certainly justifiable.


The New York Times invokes the canard that pro-Palestine leftists hold Israel to a different standard by ignoring human rights concerns in other countries.


The New York Times violated almost all of the published guidelines by personalizing, detailing, dramatizing, justifying and sentimentalizing a suicide.


How could Greta Thunberg have gone from a star in the New York Times’ pages to such a nonentity?


As Pride month kicks off, the New York Times is releasing a podcast about medical care for trans youth—a subject on which Times coverage has been shameful.


The New York Times covered the latest right-wing attack on trans youth in a fashion all too common for the paper: devoid of any perspectives from trans individuals.


The New York Times asserted definitively that Rodriguez’ violent action was antisemitic and must be understood in the context of global anti-Jewish hate.


If you follow the New York Times’ approach to journalism, your audience won’t know when their government is acting illegally, or denying truth and reality.


Downplaying Israel’s often lethal repression of journalism has been a pattern for the New York Times generally, not just for its publisher.


It’s a perverse way to describe a situation where widespread starvation is not looming or imminent, but well underway.


The New York Times’ Eric Lipton defended his reference to lobbyists buying access to the president for millions of dollars as “potentially corrupt.”

FAIR is the national progressive media watchdog group, challenging corporate media bias, spin and misinformation. We work to invigorate the First Amendment by advocating for greater diversity in the press and by scrutinizing media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints. We expose neglected news stories and defend working journalists when they are muzzled. As a progressive group, we believe that structural reform is ultimately needed to break up the dominant media conglomerates, establish independent public broadcasting and promote strong non-profit sources of information.
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