Accuracy in Media

The National Rifle Association (NRA) released a new video Monday that mocked a New York Times ad that aired during the Oscars on Sunday evening. In the Times ad, called “The Truth,” the newspaper took shots at President Donald Trump and sought to portray the Times as the real arbiter of truth in a time of […]

Stephanie Cutter, who was the deputy campaign manager for Barack Obama’s 2012 presidential campaign, was hired and quickly fired by NBC News as a political analyst on Friday without ever appearing on the air, after it was reported that she had a massive conflict of interest. Cutter, whose last regular television gig was the failed […]

In a move that shocked the newspaper world yesterday, The New York Times fired executive editor Jill Abramson and replaced her with managing editor Dean Baquet. Times publisher Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr. informed the staff of the changes at a quickly assembled meeting, citing “an issue with management in the newsroom” as the reason for […]

The New York Times, which purchased the Boston Globe in 1993 for $1.1 billion, is now accepting bids to sell the newspaper for a price that’s expected to be in the $100 million range, or about one-tenth of the original purchase price, according to Bloomberg News. Potential bidders include former president of the Globe Rick […]

The New York Times Company announced on Wednesday that it will put their New England Media Group, which includes The Boston Globe, up for sale so it can focus on The New York Times brand. This is the second time in the last four years that the Times Co. has tried to sell the Globe […]

Senator John McCain, who lost to Obama in 2008 in part because he did not want to challenge Obama’s personal character or loyalty to the U.S., is now upset over what he calls “…a disturbing stream of articles” that cite “leaked classified or highly-sensitive information…” in an “effort to paint a portrait of President Obama […]

Janet Maslin of The New York Times calls the book “skimpy, bitter,” but does not dispute the statements from Wright.

In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, President Obama reveals that he prefers Jon Stewart over cable news and that he reads The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. On Stewart; I like The Daily Show, so sometimes if I’m home late at night, I’ll catch snippets of that. I think […]

At The New York Times annual meeting on April 25, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Arthur Sulzberger Jr. denied that his paper was waging a war on the New York City Police Department and its commissioner, Ray Kelly. The denials are not convincing. As I arrived in New York City for the annual meeting, the […]

Imagine a nation bound so tightly to the throws of the politically correct, that it can no longer defend itself. A nation so overcome with fear, that the common sense act of targeting the most likely terrorists is no longer considered an acceptable practice. Imagine an entire nation transformed from the basic understanding that it […]