Over the past few years, the Times has increasingly turned to “guest essayists” to help repair its crumbling reputation. Opinion editors recruit respected subject matter experts to lend their diverse — often tokenized — perspectives as a countervailing force to the paper’s in-house conservatism. Without the voices, expertise, and freelance labor of these guest essayists, the Opinion section would be utterly worthless.
300+ pledge to boycott the New York Times’ op-ed page over their anti-Palestinian bias.
Over 300 writers, scholars, and public intellectuals have pledged to not contribute to the New York Times’ Opinion section until three demands have been met. The demands address the anti-Palestinia…
NYT: Boycott, Divest, Unsubscribe — WRITERS AGAINST THE WAR ON GAZA
The New York Times is not unique among media outlets in manufacturing consent for war, for exploitation, for genocide. It is, rather, exemplary. The Times’ reputation for liberalism, for rigor, for non-partisan independence is precisely what makes it so dangerous, because it hides what it really is: a publication that exists to serve the interests of U.S. imperialism.
Are newspaper opinion sections embracing AI-written op-eds?
Outside The Wall Street Journal, it appears not.
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For years The New York Times has relentlessly pushed anti-trans propaganda, playing a significant role in the escalating genocide against us. It's far past time for a call to action: anyone who cares about trans lives must boycott and divest the Times.
The New York Times Responds to Criticism of Anti-Trans Bias by Silencing Its Own Reporters
The Times’s coverage reflects its commitment to a flawed version of objectivity that equates balance with accuracy.
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The New York Times neglects accountability after letters call out its anti-trans coverage
The New York Times dismissed as advocacy two open letters with now thousands of signatories that raise concerns about the Times’ well-documented role in a burgeoning culture war against transgender people — a charge punctuated by the publication of a new opinion piece defending children’s author J.K. Rowling against accusations of anti-trans hatred.
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A serious problem the news industry does not talk about
Ask anyone working in a newsroom what they think of their audience, and you’ll hear a variety of answers. Over the past couple of years…
Top WSJ Editor Approves AI-Assisted Writing, Says AI is a “Fact of Modern Life” in Major Inflection Point for Media Industry
The Wall Street Journal is giving opinion authors the go-ahead to use AI in the writing process, without requiring AI disclosures.
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