NY Times Publisher: No Liberal Bias, Just a ‘Metropolitan Sensibility'

Clay Waters
May 16th, 2023 11:08 PM

The Columbia Journalism Review on Monday published a 12,500-word essay, “Journalism’s Essential Value,” by A.G. Sulzberger, the publisher of the New York Times since 2018, succeeding his father, Arthur “Pinch” Sulzberger Jr. The thesis: Out with “journalistic objectivity,” in with “journalistic independence.” And what’s that? “Independence is the…

 
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Columbia Journalism Review Torches Media for Trump-Russia Catastrophe

Bill D'Agostino
February 1st, 2023 1:04 PM

“Before the 2016 election, most Americans trusted the traditional media and the trend was positive…Today, the US media has the lowest credibility—26 percent—among forty-six nations.”

 

OOPS! CJR Claimed Big Tech ‘Anti-Conservative Bias’ Was ‘Myth’ in 2019

Joseph Vazquez
January 6th, 2023 12:44 AM

The liberal Columbia Journalism Review may now want to consider retracting its 2019 screed dismissing Big Tech bias against conservatives as a “myth” that “refuses to die.”

 

Editor’s Pick: EX-MSNBC Producer Calls Out CNN’s ‘Tabloid Tendencies’

Curtis Houck
November 24th, 2021 1:09 PM

Writing Monday in the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR), former MSNBC producer Ariana Pekary took CNN to task for its divisive and unconstructive approach to news, calling the Jeffrey Zucker-led network one based on “exaggerated tone and graphic content” that’s placed it in “the realm of tabloid-like material” that does nothing to further the ideals of real journalism meant to…

 

They Want to Shut You Up

Ben Shapiro
November 19th, 2020 2:51 PM

This week, Abigail Shrier, author of the new book "Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters," found herself at the center of a firestorm. Her great crime: writing an assessment of the psychological phenomenon known as rapid onset gender dysphoria, where groups of psychologically vulnerable young girls begin to self-diagnose as transgender after one member of a peer…

 

Save the Media!

Cal Thomas
April 2nd, 2020 2:55 PM
I confess to a certain self-interest in today's column. The media, especially newspapers, are in trouble. Conservatives like myself have been relentless in attacking their collective bias over the years, but as more of them fold or reduce staff, it is crucial the institution be saved. Margaret Sullivan, a columnist for The Washington Post, has suggested that federal bailout money should be…
 

Facebook VP Defends Including Breitbart in ‘News’ Tab

Alexander Hall
November 20th, 2019 5:02 PM
Facebook has taken heat for supporting free speech and for including Breitbart in its “News” tab, and now its VP of global marketing solutions is making a stand. Yesterday, Gizmodo wrote its not-so-objective commentary that “Facebook recently announced that white supremacist propaganda site Breitbart would be considered a ‘high quality’ news source on its platform, leading to complaints that…
 

CJR Brags About Putting Climate Agenda in Front of One Billion People

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Julia A. Seymour
September 17th, 2019 10:17 AM
News consumers everywhere should prepare for the onslaught of climate change stories ahead of the UN climate summit next week. Instigated by Columbia Journalism Review and The Nation, more than 250 media entities joined forces to foster urgency and action regarding the climate “crisis” and devote extra time to what CJR claimed was “the defining story of our time.” Partners included CBS, PBS…
 

170 Media Outlets Join CJR, ‘The Nation’ Climate Coverage Plan

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Julia A. Seymour
August 30th, 2019 11:25 AM
Objectivity and truth-telling are no longer the most “sacred” responsibilities of the news media, at least according to the far-left The Nation magazine. It’s now … climate change. “We see Covering Climate Now as a fulfillment of journalism’s most sacred responsibilities, which are to inform people and foster constructive debate about common challenges and opportunities,” The Nation wrote on Aug…
 

Bernie's 'Plan for Journalism' -- End Mergers, More 'Public Media'

Tim Graham
August 27th, 2019 10:56 AM
On Monday, socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders issued an op-ed on his "plan for journalism" at the liberal Columbia Journalism Review. Since he's a socialist, the obvious problem in media is large corporations that shouldn't be allowed to merge, and the obvious answer is more socialism -- taxing advertising to fund "public media." As if NPR and PBS stations don't sound the same notes as most large…
 

On Headline Apology Tour, NYT Editor Shows Deep Respect for Lefty Mag

Clay Waters
August 7th, 2019 7:18 PM
The Columbia Journalism Review interviewed New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet over the Times changing its Tuesday morning lead headline after a left-wing social media mob complained it wasn’t sufficiently hostile to President Trump, in the wake of the mass murders in El Paso and Dayton. The paper’s own “Reader Center” also issued a mea culpa in “A Times Headline About Trump Stoked Anger…
 

Sulzberger Is Right (And Wrong)

Cal Thomas
June 25th, 2019 2:51 PM
I never thought I would write this, but the publisher of The New York Times, A.G. Sulzberger, is right. Sulzberger wrote an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal in response to President Trump's claim that his newspaper committed “treason” by publishing a story about U.S. efforts to compromise Russia's power grid should Moscow again try to meddle in U.S. elections. The Times says it consulted…
 

Obama's Prosecution of the Press Went Deeper Than Reported

Randy Hall
May 25th, 2019 9:48 AM
Liberals insist Donald Trump is a very serious threat to freedom of the press, and often avoid discussing how Barack Obama was the worst president for cracking down on reporters and their use of government sources. Now they insist Trump will be the worst. But two liberals at the Columbia Journalism Review also report that Team Obama was even worse than previously thought. 
 

Soros-Linked Media Boost Green New Deal, Lefty Sunrise Movement

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Julia A. Seymour
May 22nd, 2019 12:28 PM
Liberal billionaire George Soros gives millions each year to fund a left-wing media empire that promotes far-left opinions. It’s only natural that some of those Soros-funded or Soros-linked media are pushing the eco-socialist Green New Deal and hoping to influence the upcoming presidential race. The Green New Deal resolution was introduced by Democratic Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-…