Tag: The New York Times

The New York Times Disbands Sports Department and Will Rely on Coverage From the Athletic

The New York Times is disbanding its sports department and will rely on coverage from The Athletic, a website it acquired last year for $550 million. The decision impacts more than 35 people in the sports department, according to The New York Times. Journalists on the sports desk will move to other roles within the…


The Athletic Cuts Nearly 20 Jobs, 4% of Newsroom for New York Times-Owned Sports Site

WASHINGTON—The Athletic, a subscription sports outlet owned by The New York Times, is laying off about 4% of its newsroom staff as part of reorganization efforts, the company confirmed on Monday, June 12. The job cuts will impact nearly 20 journalists of The Athletic’s 450-person newsroom. In addition to the layoffs, more than 20 additional…


Corporate Media Organizations Propagandize Fake Covid Origin Story, and Get Caught Red-Handed | Truth Over News

We have seen some truly outrageous and dangerous hoaxes being perpetrated by the science establishment and the media over these past three years, but what happened last week might top it all. A group that included the usual suspects of Fauci-funded scientists stole data from a Chinese group, then fraudulently twisted that data to say…


Corporate Media Ignores Twitter Files, Then Defends FBI

Holding a mirror up to the media is an important part of democracy, and in this episode, I hold that mirror up regarding the media’s absence in covering the Twitter Files, and then their eventual rush to defend the government–Big Tech collusion. It is truly incredulous that the vast majority of the corporate media has…


New York Times Staffers Protest for Higher Wages, Better Conditions, Amid Small Breakthrough in Talks

At the headquarters of The New York Times in midtown Manhattan on Thursday, employees held a picket-line demonstration with many donning red shirts and holding signs reading “New York Times Walks Out.” “There is no New York Times without your labor,” Susan DeCarava, president of the NewsGuild of New York, told the crowd at the rally…


Elon Musk Says New York Times Report on Avoiding Payouts to Twitter Employees Is ‘False’

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has taken to Twitter to address a “false” report by The New York Times that he planned to lay off some Twitter employees before Nov. 1 to avoid payouts in their contracts. The New York Times, citing “four people with knowledge of the matter” reported on Oct. 29 that billionaire Musk planned to start…


Jury Decides in Favor of New York Times in Sarah Palin’s Defamation Lawsuit

NEW YORK—After roughly 15 hours of deliberation over three days, the jury in the Sarah Palin v. The New York Times trial delivered a verdict of “not liable” on Feb. 15, giving the newspaper a victory. Since the verdict in the defamation trial was not in Palin’s favor, there was no monetary figure attached for…


NYT Wins Motion to Potentially Override Any Jury Verdict in Palin Defamation Suit

NEW YORK—Judge Jed Rakoff struck Sarah Palin, a Republican, with a fatal punch to her defamation lawsuit against The New York Times on Feb. 14 when he ruled in favor of a motion by the defense that essentially nullifies a jury’s verdict in her favor should it come back with one. Officially known as Federal…


NY Times Wins Motion to Potentially Override Any Jury Verdict in Palin Defamation Suit

NEW YORK—Judge Jed Rakoff struck a blow to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against The New York Times on Feb. 14 when he ruled in favor of a motion by the defense that essentially nullifies a jury’s verdict in her favor should it come back with one. Officially known as Federal Rule of…


Closing Arguments in Palin v. NYT Trial

NEW YORK—Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin spent her 58th birthday listening to a closing argument by one of her attorneys, as well as one from the defense, in her defamation trial with The New York Times on Feb. 11. Her lawyer, Kenneth Turkel, said as a public figure, Palin, a Republican, “suffered plenty of jokes,…