The "liberal" Jewish Sulzberger family owns the NYT. It tends to favor Jewish/Israeli interests.

From an obituary of former Editor in Chief Abe Rosenthal:

"In his book The Other Side of the Coin, noted anti-Zionist author Alfred M. Lilienthal recalled that, in August 1982, during the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, Friedman wrote a dispatch from Beirut reporting Israel's "indiscriminate" bombing of Beirut. Friedman's office telex machine soon produced a message from New York that Times editors had deleted the word "indiscriminate" as editorializing-although they praised Friedman for "good work under dangerous conditions." ...In a rage, Rosenthal ordered Friedman to return to New York immediately. Friedman expected to be fired. By the time he arrived for his lunch appointment, however, Rosenthal came in "looking unhappy, glowered at Friedman and then said: 'You are receiving a $5,000 raise.' After Friedman described what had actually been taking place in Beirut, Rosenthal seemed relaxed and friendly. However, he warned, if you ever pull a stunt like that again, you are fired!"

Remember Judith Miller? NYT Terrorism expert? She printed all the bogus WMD carp about Iraq. The president quoted her in speeches. She was one of the ones that helped trick us into a war there with one of Israel's enemies. Jason Blair was fired for much less than what she did, yet she retained her job.


Don't expect the full story from the New York Times.