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How The New York Times is (still) getting gamed by the right

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Julian Zelizer : The New York Times has a tendency to make astonishingly bad news judgments.

He says a story about New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani ’s application to Columbia University in 2009 surfaced.

Zelizer says the Times ’ framing of the story is one that plays better with the increasingly racist right-wing ecosystem.

A normal journalistic outfit might find this kind of thing embarrassing.

Frida Ghitis : Patrick Healy has a fascinating track record with judging newsworthiness.

She says the Times is committed to a specific kind of journalistic kayfabe, specifically “objective” journalism.

Ghitis says as the right wing has gotten increasingly detached from reality, the stories that appeal to right-wingers have been journalistic disasters.

Frida Ghitis : The New York Times is trying to make Republicans sound less unhinged than they actually are.

She says the Times has a long and well-documented history of being unable to reckon with its flaws.

The Times is as much a victim of algorithmic bias as everyone it looks down on; trying to be “objective” means skewing further and further right, Ghitis says.

VR Score

72

Informative language

69

Neutral language

21

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

58

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

Known propaganda techniques

detected

Time-value

short-lived

External references

50

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