Peter GleickJun 30, 2024
This pains me no end after a lifetime of subscribing, but the @nytimes has lost its way at a time when the need for exemplary journalism is at its greatest.
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@petergleick I haven’t had the stomach for a NYT subscription since I began to read FAIR.org. E.g. NYT editors wouldn’t even let their journalists use the words “occupied territory” let alone “genocide” to describe the mass slaughter in Palestine. (A reference, though not to FAIR: https://theintercept.com/2024/04/15/nyt-israel-gaza-genocide-palestine-coverage/)
Leaked NYT Gaza Memo Tells Journalists to Avoid Words “Genocide,” “Ethnic Cleansing,” and “Occupied Territory”

An internal style memo from New York Times editors tells reporters not to use words like “genocide” or “Palestine” when covering Israel’s war on Gaza.

The Intercept
Jun 30, 2024 at 7:39pmWeb