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Shareholders of The New York Times filed a lawsuit against the paper’s parent company Wednesday morning, arguing the paper has failed to follow its own editorial standards.
The suit, filed by the State Board of Administration of Florida (SBA) and the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) in New York County Supreme Court, requests the Times board of directors to release internal records.
The company has refused to produce the records for four months, the majority of which pertain to the paper’s coverage of the Israel-Hamas war.
Requests were first made by the National Jewish Advocacy Center (NJAC), representing NCPPR, on May 29 following the May 11 Nicholas Kristof column titled “The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians," but the NYT has not complied.
The new lawsuit, as reported by The Jerusalem Post, notes that the Times’ reputation for independent journalism is "its most valuable" asset and alleges that the board failed to establish adequate oversight mechanisms to ensure compliance with the company’s own editorial standards.
It cites examples of corrections and disputed reporting, including the October 2023 Al-Ahli hospital explosion coverage, claims about Gaza war reporting errors, and concerns...
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