The Need for a Less Hypocritical Center at the New York Times
Centrists love to decry “both sides”—yet somehow it’s almost always the left that earns the bulk of their contempt.
NYT Ignores Dissent to Convey Image of Jewish Unanimity
Readers would get the impression that a monolithic Jewish community in the US’s most Jewish city sat in self-imposed collective silence.
For NYT, Cluster Munitions Are Completely Wrong—When Russians Use Them
For the New York Times, cluster munitions fall into two categories—clearly wrong or complexly controversial—depending on who uses them.
NYT’s Incredibly Low Bar for Labeling Someone ‘Pro-Putin’
In the New Cold War, even suggesting that the official enemy is not Hitlerian or completely irrational could earn ridicule and attack.
NYT Publishes ‘Greatest Hits’ of Bad Trans Healthcare Coverage
A recent article serves as a greatest-hits album of all of the New York Times’ problematic coverage on adolescent gender-affirming care.
NYT Reveals That a Tech Mogul Likes China—and That McCarthyism Is Alive and Well
“A Global Web of Chinese Propaganda Leads to a US Tech Mogul,” the New York Times (8/5/23) announced on its front page. “The Times unraveled a financial network that stretches from Chicago to Shanghai and uses American nonprofits to push Chinese talking points worldwide,” read the subhead. This ostensibly major scoop ran more than 3,000 […]
Brooks’ Defense of Trump Defenders Disguises Where Real Power Is
David Brooks presents himself as an expert on salt-of-the-earth residents of the Heartland whom elites have ignored and wronged.
‘The Athletic Is the Negation of Local Sports Coverage’
“When you get rid of local coverage, what you also get rid of is the watchdog that is so important…. It’s not all fun and games.”
Melissa Crow on Asylum Restrictions, Dave Zirin on NYT’s Vanishing Sports Section
Advocates have long declared that Biden’s asylum restrictions are not just harmful but unlawful. And a federal judge has just agreed.
FTC Chair’s Efforts to Curb Corporate Power ‘Raise Questions’—From Corporate America
The New York Times made minimal effort to point out the monetary incentives of the critics of the FTC it highlighted.
NYT Worries Brazil Goes Too Far to Fight Far Right
The New York Times is traditionally soft on right-wing extremists while portraying leftist Latin American governments as authoritarian.
NYT Reluctant to Fault Israel for West Bank Aggression
The New York Times seems reluctant to hold Israel accountable for the unprecedented settler brazenness of the Netanyahu administration.
NYT Says More Worker Suffering Needed to Bring Inflation Down
The New York Times is here to tell you that inflation is still a problem, and more suffering for the working class is the solution.
‘What the Government Permits You to Know—That’s Not a Democracy’
“The public [has] an extreme interest in protecting the ability of people inside the government to give information without authorization.”
‘Millennials Moved Right’: NYT Cherry-Picks Data to Bolster Political Folklore
Left-lurching oldsters did not fit the preconceived theme like the right-sliding youngsters. So…leave them out of the analysis.
NYT on Ukraine’s Nazi Imagery: It’s ‘Complicated’
US journalists have decided that being on the right team in this war is more important than presenting an accurate picture of events.
Underexposure Exposed
If you want people to think a country resistant to US leadership is a festering doomscape, just underexpose the hell out of your photographs.
Sorry, Sulzberger—NYT’s Anti-Trans ‘News’ Is Neither True Nor Important
Critics aren’t asking the New York Times to “skew” or “censor” its trans-related coverage. We’re asking the Times to stop skewing it.
NYT Fearmongers Over Debt as GOP Holds Economy Hostage
The New York Times has been engaged in outright fearmongering over the size of the US federal debt over the past several months.
Israel’s Real ‘Crisis of Democracy’ Is That It’s Not a Democracy
The New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal whitewash the apartheid that fundamentally disqualifies Israel as a democracy.
