{"id":2456739,"date":"2025-07-08T08:52:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T12:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-readers-and-staffers-unable-to-handle-a-rare-brush-with-objective-journalism\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T08:54:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T12:54:14","slug":"new-york-times-readers-and-staffers-unable-to-handle-a-rare-brush-with-objective-journalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-readers-and-staffers-unable-to-handle-a-rare-brush-with-objective-journalism\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Times Readers and Staffers Unable to Handle a Rare Brush with Objective Journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-york-times-readers-and-staffers-unable-to-handle-a-rare-brush-with-objective-journalism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2456739&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The New York Times has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taylor-lorenz-claims-she-did-not-call-luigi-mangione-morally-good-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Taylor Lorenz claims she did not call Luigi Mangione \u2018morally good\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">faced critically important backlash<\/a> from its staff and readers after it reported on mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani&#8217;s application too Columbia University, were he allegedly misrepresented his race as Black. The situation escalated,drawing criticism from both within the paper and from liberal commentators who felt the reporting was harmful to the Democratic Party,particularly during an election period. In response, Patrick Healy, the Times&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-fake-trump-stories-the-establishment-media-ran-with-then-retracted\/\" title=\"Four Fake Trump Stories The Establishment Media Ran With, Then Retracted\">assistant managing editor<\/a> for Standards and Trust, defended the paper&#8217;s reporting process on social media, stating that the information was confirmed by mamdani himself.<\/p>\n<p>Critics have pointed out the irony underlying Mamdani&#8217;s situation, claiming he exploited racial identity in an admissions process that favored diversity.legal scholar Jonathan Turley highlighted the frustration among liberal audiences, indicating that Mamdani&#8217;s case contradicted the Democratic Party&#8217;s narrative around identity politics. The incident has sparked a debate about journalistic integrity and media bias, suggesting that the reporting may have inadvertently fueled skepticism towards mainstream media among its audience. Additionally, the tumultuous response from the left emphasizes a broader concern about how news coverage can impact political narratives and public perception.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The New York Times is experiencing backlash among its staff and readers after it held New York City mayor candidate Zohran Mamdani to account on Thursday for apparently lying on his application to Columbia University by claiming he was black.<\/p>\n<p>Law professor and legal commentator Jonathan Turley <a href=\"https:\/\/jonathanturley.org\/2025\/07\/06\/new-york-times-struggles-to-explain-why-it-reported-news-to-traumatized-readers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote about<\/a> the incident on his website Sunday, detailing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnns-bakari-sellers-attempts-take-barron-trump-ends-humiliating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drama<\/a> unfolding at the paper of record.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The paper was denounced by its own staff and liberal pundits called for the entire editorial staff to be canned,&rdquo; Turley wrote. &ldquo;Why? Because The New York Times actually reported news that was deemed harmful to the Democrats, specifically Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Times&rsquo; assistant managing editor for Standards and Trust, Patrick Healy, wrote a long thread on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roger-stone-announces-he-will-sue-those-who-arrested-him-and-put-him-in-front-of-a-kangaroo-court\/\" title=\"Roger Stone Announces He Will Sue Those Who Arrested Him and Put Him In Front of a Kangaroo Court\">social media site<\/a> X that stated: &ldquo;When we hear anything of news value, we try to confirm it through direct sources. Mr. Mamdani confirmed this information in an interview with The Times.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">As the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes?\">@nytimes<\/a> assistant managing editor for Standards and Trust, I&rsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >ve received reader feedback<\/a> regarding our reporting on Zohran Mamdani&rsquo;s 2009 application to Columbia University. To provide context on how the reporting came together, I wanted to  some information:<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Patrick Healy (@patrickhealynyt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patrickhealynyt\/status\/1941262786006483418?\">July 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Healy seemed like a hostage. He rattled off 11 tweets as if he was waving his hands in the air, screaming his defense. Ultimately, he bowed to the mob.<\/p>\n<p>The Times couldn&rsquo;t have pulled the story. That would&rsquo;ve been professional suicide. But this step-by-step explainer was the next best thing. This is not a good look for American journalism.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/brian-stelter-mainstream-media-figures-panicking-trumps-deal-paramount\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">liberals<\/a>, it was an utter nightmare,&rdquo; Turley continued. &ldquo;For a party still defined by identity politics, Mamdani&rsquo;s false claim over his race left many uncertain about how to react. The left has always maintained a high degree of tolerance for false claims by its own leaders, from Sen. Elizabeth Warren claiming to be a native American to Sen. Richard Blumenthal claiming to have served in the Vietnam War.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Turley also rightly pointed out that many people who patronize the Times are emotionally triggered. The legal scholar highlighted the &ldquo;anger&rdquo; felt by the far-left when this happens and compared it to how liberals on college campuses feel when opposing views are offered.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The fact is that the Mamdani story was obvious news &mdash; and confirmed by the candidate himself,&rdquo; Turley declared. &ldquo;Mamdani identified as both Asian and African American on his 2009 Columbia University application, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/07\/03\/nyregion\/mamdani-columbia-black-application.html?smid=url-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> the New York Times.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Times piece stated: &ldquo;Columbia, like many elite universities, used a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/outrage-erupts-after-hacked-data-shows-mamdani-identified-as-black-or-african-american-on-college-application\/\" title=\"Outrage Erupts After Hacked Data Shows ... as &#039;... or African American&#039; on ...\">race-conscious affirmative action admissions program<\/a> at the time. Reporting that his race was Black or African American in addition to Asian could have given an advantage to Mr. Mamdani, who was born in Uganda and spent his earliest years there.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In an interview on Thursday, Mr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-vows-save-nyc-time-communist-lunatic-mamdani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mamdani<\/a>, 33, said he did not consider himself either Black or African American, but rather &lsquo;an American who was born in Africa,&rsquo;&rdquo; the story continued. &ldquo;He said his answers on the college application were an attempt to represent his complex background given the limited choices before him, not to gain an upper hand in the admissions process.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani cheated the system, and in the end, he didn&rsquo;t even get accepted to Columbia. For someone who pushes &ldquo;equality&rdquo; at all costs, isn&rsquo;t that significant? Doesn&rsquo;t it prove he&rsquo;s a liar, a fraud, and an opportunist?<\/p>\n<p>These questions weren&rsquo;t asked by Times readers. Instead, they were angered about Mamdani taking a hit as the election approaches.<\/p>\n<p>This shows how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-issues-correction-karoline-leavitt-shoots-fake-news-report-iran-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mainstream media<\/a> outlets have devolved into an arm of the Democratic Party. It&rsquo;s sad, given how journalism is a privilege that should be held sacred.<\/p>\n<p>There is always room for opinion and commentary, but when you report opinion as pure fact, and demonize any detractors, it blurs the lines of truth.<\/p>\n<p>Information is delivered with rage and acts like a heat-seeking missile, aimed at anyone who gets in the way of the agenda.<\/p>\n<p>The ironic part is that this fringe behavior is a big part of why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ice-facility-attacked-officer-shot-trump-admin-vows-zero-tolerance-response\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Donald Trump<\/a> got elected twice. They think their political goals somehow advance if they just scream and complain louder.<\/p>\n<p>Yet all they&rsquo;re doing is reaffirming to voters why they chose Trump in the first place, while encouraging the public to take what the media reports with a big grain of salt.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Law professor Jonathan Turley discussed the situation on his website, noting that the paper was criticized by its own staff and liberal commentators who called for the dismissal of the editorial team. He pointed out that this backlash occurred because The Times reported information seen as damaging to Democrats, particularly concerning Mamdani. Patrick Healy, the assistant managing editor for Standards and Trust at The Times, defended their reporting process in a series of tweets, explaining how they confirmed Mamdani&#8217;s statements during an interview. Despite acknowledging that their story was newsworthy and confirmed by Mamdani himself-who identified as both Asian and African American on his application-Turley highlighted how this incident has triggered strong reactions among left-leaning audiences. Ultimately, he argued that such situations illustrate a troubling trend in journalism where opinion often overshadows factual reporting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2456740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Zohran-Presser.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5157,33295,33263,58299,58605],"class_list":["post-2456739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-journalism","tag-media-criticism","tag-new-york-times","tag-news-industry","tag-objective-reporting"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Zohran-Presser.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2456739"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2456747,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456739\/revisions\/2456747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2456740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2456739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2456739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2456739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}