The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is a newspaper that is published in New York City and distributed to readers worldwide. It was first published in 1851, and is often referred to as the Old Grey Lady.
The New York Times promotes an unrelenting liberal point of view.[1][2] It is the third most widely circulated newspaper in the United States behind USA Today and The Wall Street Journal.[3] 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.[4] 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 homosexual marriage.[5][6]
Conservative organizations have offered various pieces of evidence pointing towards the New York Times promoting the homosexual agenda.[7] In 2001 Richard Berke, the national political correspondent for the New York Times, revealed that "on any given day, three-fourths of those attending the daily meeting where it is decided what will be on the front page of the Times, are likely to be 'not-so-closeted' homosexuals." [8] In 2004, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) gave the New York Times an award for "Outstanding Newspaper Overall Coverage", specifically citing journalist Frank Rich's article attacking President Ronald Reagan's record on AIDS.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
Cybercast News Service states the following regarding regarding the influence of The New York Times and The Washington Post:
| “ | 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 reason the Times, and to a lesser extent the Post, are so important, and they are, is because the TV and radio - all of the media - copy it sycophantically," he [John Stossel] said. "That's how bias at the Times becomes bias in other media."[9] |
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The NYT publishes 18 other newspapers, including the International Herald Tribune (based in Paris) and The Boston Globe. In 2009, The Boston Globe will file for bankruptcy if the organization can't reduce labor union paychecks. The parent company has struggled and is near the point of bankruptcy. Examples of types of liberal bias utilized by the New York Times include:
As further reflection of the newspaper's liberal bias, it has been awarded the most Pulitzer Prizes of any newspaper.[10]
Controversies
- The Times correspondent Walter Duranty intentionally covered up the Soviet genocide of the Ukrainians.[11]
- 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[12] Online NewsHour
- Michelle Malkin says the NYT has violated an agreement regarding journalists covering war casualties. [13]
- The New York Times subsidized[14] what Peter D. Feaver of the Boston Globe referred to as a "vicious" attack on the person and charter of a respected professional soldier, Gen. David Petraeus.[15] The radical liberal group MoveOn.org, an organization which advocated maintaining the corrupt United Nations Oil For Food program's support for the fascist Ba'athist regime in Iraq, ran a full page ad in the Times at roughly half the cost of regular price impugning Gen. Petraeus credibility as a traitor.[16]
- The New York Times is known to defend America's enemies, discount terrorist acts or present stories as not to offend Muslim feelings. As with the case of American students who carried out suicide bombings in Somalia. In the NYT article "A Call to Jihad, Answered in America," the issue was a “crisis of belonging,” “They want to belong, but who do they belong to?” Then the author states that these jihadist were “born-agains” or “fundis,” not how the rest of America describes Islamic fascism. [17]
Coverage of the Military
Like everything else liberal, supporting America's fighting men and women is a burden for the paper. If it is a sensitive matter that would endanger the lives of our troops, they shrug the concerns off and post photos of American troops abusing prisoners in Iraq. In a liberal 'cause for concern', a New York Times repoter was kidnapped in Afghanistan by the Taliban, December 2008. The Times colluded with all the news organizations to keep it secret, not to endanger the reporter. [18]
| “ | The Associated Press and most other Western news outlets respected a request from the Times to not report on the abductions because the publicity could negatively affect hostage rescue efforts and imperil Rohde's life. | ” |
See Also
References
- ↑ TimesWatch: Documenting and Exposing the Liberal Political Agenda of the New York Times
- ↑ Just Say It, Dan Okrent, National Review Online
- ↑ Infoplease.com: Top 100 Newspapers in the United States
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/weekinreview/25bott.html?ei=5088&en=452926dcb11511a3&ex=1248667200&pagewanted=all&position=
- ↑ http://www.cnsnews.com/facts/2007/facts2007914.asp
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/weekinreview/25bott.html?ei=5088&en=452926dcb11511a3&ex=1248667200&pagewanted=all&position=
- ↑ http://www.cnsnews.com/facts/2007/facts2007914.asp
- ↑ http://www.aim.org/publications/aim_report/2001/23.html
- ↑ http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200401/CUL20040128a.html
- ↑ Totaling at least 106.
- ↑ New York Times Statement About 1932 Pulitzer Prize Awarded to Walter Duranty
- ↑ Jayson Blair: A Case Study of What Went Wrong at The New York Times
- ↑ The NYTimes’ unspeakable violation
- ↑ Subsidizing Sedition, Investor's Business Daily Editorial, 9/13/2007.
- ↑ MoveOn's McCarthy moment, By Peter D. Feaver, Boston Globe, September 11, 2007.
- ↑ Time Gives Lefties a Hefty Discount for "Betray us" Ad, Charles Hurt, New York Post, September 13, 2007.
- ↑ A Call to Jihad, Answered in America New York Times July 11, 2009
- ↑ New York Times Reporter Held Hostage by Taliban in Afghanistan Escapes Fox News, June 20 2009