The New York Times
The New York Times is a daily newspaper based in New York City and one of the most influential news organizations in the United States and the world. It is known for extensive national and international reporting, investigative journalism, and numerous Pulitzer Prizes. Major media-bias assessments such as AllSides and Media Bias/Fact Check place it left of center, most visibly on its opinion pages.
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Is The New York Times left-leaning, right-leaning or centrist?
The New York Times is generally regarded as left-leaning in its editorial orientation, according to widely cited media-bias assessments of the United States' press. In the United States, USA Today and NBC News are listed as Centrist, while Fox News is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open The New York Times beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
Read The New York Times beside another title from the United States and the differences show up fastest in what leads the page. Two dailies from the United States covering the same day will usually agree on the facts and differ on the ordering: which story is worth the top of the page, how the headline characterises it, and which follow-ups get space. Those are The New York Times's editorial choices, and they are easiest to see side by side. Because The New York Times is listed as left-leaning, the sharpest contrast is usually a right-leaning title from the United States on the same morning: the facts rarely differ, but which consequence is treated as the story often does.
This is an approximate orientation, not a definitive judgement — and not a rating of quality or accuracy. Read how Crosswire classifies editorial leanings, including the sources behind each label. Directory last reviewed . Think this label is wrong? Suggest a correction.
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