December 2011 Archive

“For the Times, It Is a-Changin’” – A Mistrusted Commenter

By Marie Burns: If you regularly read public online commentary on New York Times articles, columns and blogposts, you already know that the Times has changed ...

Nakba denial: ‘NYT’ removes the word ‘expulsion’ from article describing Palestinian refugees

By Allison Deger: On November 29, the New York Times ran an article by the Learning Network on the anniversary of the 1947 U.N. Partition Plan of Palestine. The article gave a brief description of the effects and background of U.N. resolution 181, including a short description of thePalestinian Nakba.

New York Times Has a Sunday Dialogue on Anonymity and Civility on the Internet

By Eva Galperin and Jillian C. York: Two weeks ago, the New York Times published a letter to the editor from Christopher Wolf, who leads the ...