American news media has been critical to maintaining the death machine. And there is no American media institution more influential than The New York Times. Editors and producers in newsrooms across the West take cues from its coverage, it uniquely shapes political consensus on U.S. foreign policy, and it is widely considered the “paper of record” in the United States. The politicians who vote to ship 500-pound bombs to Israel do not read emails from their constituents. They read the Times.
But the paper is not neutral when it comes to the genocide of the Palestinian people. In its coverage, its editorial standards, and its hiring practices, The New York Times has routinely collaborated with Israel. The paper has reprinted outright lies from Israeli officials while withholding or amending coverage at the behest of the Israeli consulate and pro-Israel lobby groups. It has directed its reporters to avoid terms like “slaughter” and “ethnic cleansing” to name Israel’s crimes, and to evade identifying “refugee camps” as their targets. Top executives, editors, and reporters at the Times maintain open ties to the Israeli occupation and to the Israel lobby in the U.S., while Arab and Muslim employees have been subjected to a “racially targeted witch hunt.”
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