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Many [[conservative]]s believe that the Times news coverage, as well as its editorial board, has a liberal slant. Many books have been written about the reliability of the ''New York Times'' and its impact on the political community. Comparisons have been made between the ''Times'' and the ''[[New York Post]]'' and ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', both of which are also published in New York have a much more conservative slant, at least on their editorial pages.
==Flaws==
In 2003, the ''Times'' admitted to journalism fraud committed over a span of several years by one of its reporters, [[Jayson Blair]], and the general professionalism of the paper was questioned, though Blair was immediately fired following the incident. Questions of affirmative action in journalism were also raised, since Blair was African American. Several top officials, including the chief of its editorial board, also resigned their posts following the incident.
In 2004, the ''Times'' made another significant admission of journalistic failings, publishing an editorial letter admitting that its flawed reporting during the buildup to war with Iraq helped promote the misleading belief that Iraq possessed large stockpiles of [[weapons of mass destruction]]. <ref>Archive, [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/26/international/middleeast/26FTE_NOTE.htmlThe Times and Iraq] , ''The New York Times'', May 26, 2004.</ref>
A second self-criticism by ''Times'' ombudsman Daniel Okrent went further. "The failure was not individual, but institutional," Okrent wrote. "War requires an extra standard of care, not a lesser one. But in the <i>Times</i>'s WMD coverage, readers encountered some rather breathless stories built on unsubstantiated 'revelations' that, in many instances, were the anonymity-cloaked assertions of people with vested interests. ''Times'' reporters broke many stories before and after the war - but when the stories themselves later broke apart, in many instances ''Times'' readers never found out. ... Other stories pushed Pentagon assertions so aggressively you could almost sense epaulets sprouting on the shoulders of editors. ... The aggressive journalism that I long for, and that the paper owes both its readers and its own self-respect, would reveal not just the tactics of those who promoted the WMD stories, but how the ''Times'' itself was used to further their cunning campaign." <ref>Daniel O'Krent, [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/30/weekinreview/30bott.htmlWeapons of Mass Destruction? Or Mass Distraction?], ''The New York Times'', May 30, 2004.</ref>
==People=====Executive editors===
*[[Turner Catledge]] (1964-1968)
*[[James Reston]] (1968-1969)
*[[Howell Raines]] (2001-2003)
*[[Bill Keller]] (2003- )
===Reporters===
*[[Michael R. Gordon]], chief military correspondent
===Public editors===
* [[Arthur S. Brisbane]] (2010- )
* [[Clark Hoyt]] (2007-2010)
* [[Byron Calame]] (2005-2007)
* [[Daniel Okrent]] (2003-2005)
==Other SourceWatch resources==
*[[Judith Miller]]
*[[Walter Goodman]]
*[[Ben A. Franklin]]
*[[Robert Pear]]
*[[Shirley Christian]]
*[[John Noble Wilford]]
*[[Roger Starr]]
*[[Kathleen Teltsch]]
*[[David C. Anderson]] - former editorial board member
*[[Alice Rawsthorn]] - columnist
*[[Helene Cooper]]
*[[Harrison E. Salisbury]]
==Contact details==
* Web: http://www.nytimes.com/
==Resources and articles==
===References===
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==External links==
*[[Edward Herman]], "[http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Herman%20/AllNewsFit_Herman.html All The News Fit To Print (Part I): Structure and Background of the New York Times]", ''Z Magazine'', April 1998.*The Editors, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/26/international/middleeast/26FTE_NOTE.html The Times and Iraq]," ''New York Times'', May 26, 2004.*Daniel Okrent, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/30/weekinreview/30bott.html Weapons of Mass Destruction? Or Mass Distraction?]" ''New York Times'', May 30, 2004.
*Allan M. Siegal (Chairman), "[http://www.nytco.com/pdf/siegal-report050205.pdf Preserving Our Readers Trust]", ''New York Times'', May 2, 2005. (Pdf file).
*Katharine Q. Seelye, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/09/business/media/09paper.html?pagewanted=print Times Panel Proposes Steps to Build Credibility]", ''New York Times'', May 9, 2005*Erica Iacono, "[http://www.prweek.com/news/news_worldwire.cfm?ID=238082&site=3&setcookie=1 Panel's suggestions to up 'Times' credibility spark some concerns]", ''PR Week'', May 16, 2005. (Sub req'd.)*Robert Scheer, "[http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/27006/ The New York Times' Misguided Crusade]", ''AlterNet'', October 18, 2005.*Byron Calame, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/04/opinion/04publiceditor.html?hp=&pagewanted=print When the Newspaper Is the News]", "The Public Editor ", ''New York Times'', December 4, 2005.*Joe STruppStrupp, "[http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001847386 Want to e-Mail a 'New York Times' Columnist? Better Subscribe to TimesSelect]", ''Editor & Publisher'', January 17, 2006.*Patrick O’Connor and Jonathan Allen, [http://thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/062806/nytimes.html GOP bill targets NY Times], ''The Hill'', June 28, 2006.*John Aravosis, [http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/06/video-of-house-dems-taking-on.html "Video of House Dems taking on the Republicans over bogus NYT-bashing resolution,"] [[AMERICAblog]], June 29, 2006. {{stub}}
'''Note:''' Portions of this article are taken from a [[w:New York Times|corresponding article]] in the Wikipedia.
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