Beginning immediately, we are disallowing posts linking to stories published by The New York Times; the outlet is no longer considered by us to be journalism, and is now recognised as a political tool of the Trump political administration — in the wake of an exposé of the outlet working with a White Identity Extremist eugenicist hacker to publish a political hit piece targeting Zohran Mamdani, the 2025 Democratic candidate for Mayor of New York City.
The New York Times additionally disciplined one of their journalists who criticised his employer for their failure in journalistic ethics in this matter, muzzling him.
In addition, the long running editorial practice of The New York Times has been to promote hatred of transgender people, and that is unacceptable.
Ethical journalism is not used as a cudgel to help the powerful oppress a vulnerable minority, and ethical journalism is not used as a lever to effect tabloid political campaigning at the behest of the rich and powerful.
Journalism must hold the powerful to account.
For these reasons, until and unless those in the employ of the New York Times responsible for unethical, white supremacist editorial decisions (and persecution of transgender people, and any and all other vulnerable populations) are held accountable, and the organisation undertakes a process to restore an ethical journalism practice, we have no choice but to reject it as an acceptable source for posts to this community.
Thank you for understanding.