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Yahoo
06-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
NY Times addresses backlash over report on NYC mayoral candidate Mamdani's college application
The New York Times seems to be in damage control after the paper's story about New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani identifying as Asian and African American on his college application upset some of its readers, leading to an editor from the outlet attempting to clear up the controversy on social media on Friday. The article claimed that Mamdani, when asked his race on his 2009 college application to Columbia University, checked the boxes for "Asian" but also "Black or African American," in their article published on Thursday. The Times' assistant managing editor for Standards and Trust, Patrick Healy, put out a lengthy statement on X the following day after receiving "reader feedback" on the article. Resurfaced Video Shows Nyc Mayoral Hopeful Saying He Wants To Replace Private Homes With Communal Living "Our reporters obtained information about Mr. Mamdani's Columbia college application and went to the Mamdani campaign with it. 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," he wrote. Healy explained that the New York City mayoral candidate felt limited by the options listed in the application's racial identity boxes — and since he was born in Uganda, decided to write in the country on his application. Read On The Fox News App Mamdani's application was made available to The Times after a cyberattack on Columbia University in late June led to some of the school's sensitive information being exposed to the hackers. Healy stated that although the outlet received the information after it was stolen in a cyberattack, "The Times does not solely rely on nor make a decision to publish information from such a source," and verified the application with Mamdani himself before publishing the story. Regarding the feedback, he added, "We believe Mr. Mamdani's thinking and decision-making, laid out in his words, was newsworthy and in line with our mission to help readers better know and understand top candidates for major offices." Liberal critics, such as Keith Olbermann, lashed out at the Times on X. He stated, "Your absolute abrogation of the NYT standards would in a better era there have led the full range of you in management to resign. Utter failure. Then again, if you don't realize NYT is perceived as actively campaigning against Mamdani, you're all lost anyway." Another aspect of the article that some readers took issue with was The Times' source, who sent them Mamdani's 2009 college application. New York Times Columnist Admits That Trump Is A 'Normie Republican' An opinion columnist for the outlet took to the social media platform Bluesky to slam his own publication for the story. Jamelle Bouie, a columnist for The Times, slung personal insults at the reporters on social media as well. Responding to a Bluesky post slamming one of the Times reporters, Benjamin Ryan, the columnist had this to say: "Everything I have seen about him screams a guy with little to no actual brain activity." Shortly after publicly slamming The Times' story, Bouie deleted the posts and issued a short statement on his Bluesky account. "I deleted several posts about a Times story because they violated Times social media standards," he said. The New York Times did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment on this matter. Fox News Digital also reached out to Bouie for article source: NY Times addresses backlash over report on NYC mayoral candidate Mamdani's college application
Fox News
05-07-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
NY Times addresses backlash over report on NYC mayoral candidate Mamdani's college application
The New York Times seems to be in damage control after the paper's story about New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani identifying as Asian and African American on his college application upset some of its readers, leading to an editor from the outlet attempting to clear up the controversy on social media on Friday. The article claimed that Mamdani, when asked his race on his 2009 college application to Columbia University, checked the boxes for "Asian" but also "Black or African American," in their article published on Thursday. The Times' assistant managing editor for Standards and Trust, Patrick Healy, put out a lengthy statement on X the following day after receiving "reader feedback" on the article. "Our reporters obtained information about Mr. Mamdani's Columbia college application and went to the Mamdani campaign with it. 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," he wrote. Healy explained that the New York City mayoral candidate felt limited by the options listed in the application's racial identity boxes — and since he was born in Uganda, decided to write in the country on his application. Mamdani's application was made available to The Times after a cyberattack on Columbia University in late June led to some of the school's sensitive information being exposed to the hackers. Healy stated that although the outlet received the information after it was stolen in a cyberattack, "The Times does not solely rely on nor make a decision to publish information from such a source," and verified the application with Mamdani himself before publishing the story. Regarding the feedback, he added, "We believe Mr. Mamdani's thinking and decision-making, laid out in his words, was newsworthy and in line with our mission to help readers better know and understand top candidates for major offices." Liberal critics, such as Keith Olbermann, lashed out at the Times on X. He stated, "Your absolute abrogation of the NYT standards would in a better era there have led the full range of you in management to resign. Utter failure. Then again, if you don't realize NYT is perceived as actively campaigning against Mamdani, you're all lost anyway." Another aspect of the article that some readers took issue with was The Times' source, who sent them Mamdani's 2009 college application. An opinion columnist for the outlet took to the social media platform Bluesky to slam his own publication for the story. Jamelle Bouie, a columnist for The Times, slung personal insults at the reporters on social media as well. Responding to a Bluesky post slamming one of the Times reporters, Benjamin Ryan, the columnist had this to say: "Everything I have seen about him screams a guy with little to no actual brain activity." Shortly after pubically slamming The Times' story and the reporters who worked on it, Bouie deleted the posts and issued a short statement on his Bluesky account. "I deleted several posts about a Times story because they violated Times social media standards," he said. The New York Times did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment on this matter. Fox News Digital also reached out to Bouie for comment.
New York Times
29-05-2025
- General
- New York Times
Tom Friedman: Will Israel's War Ever End?
The New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman has spent decades covering Israel and the Middle East. For this episode of 'The Opinions,' the deputy editor of Opinion, Patrick Healy, speaks to Friedman about his latest trip to the region, what he envisions for the future of Israel and how the ongoing conflict in Gaza is going to affect the country. Below is a transcript of an episode of 'The Opinions.' We recommend listening to it in its original form for the full effect. You can do so using the player above or on the NYT Audio App, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts. The transcript has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Patrick Healy: The war shows no signs of slowing down, and you write about how anger toward Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is growing, including within his own party. I want to start with your trip. What was the biggest difference you noticed in Israel compared with your last trip to the country, last fall? Tom Friedman: I'll start from the very first morning I was there. I had scheduled a breakfast with Yair Golan, the head of the Democrats party, basically the mainstream liberal party in Israel today. We had talked about a range of things, but after breakfast, as we were walking out of the hotel, I could see his phone was blowing up, and I didn't know what it was about. They explained to me that he'd given an interview, I think the evening before with Israel Radio, in which he decried this war with no end and with no plan, where so many Palestinian civilians were being killed. And he said that Palestinian children were being killed as a hobby and absolutely condemned that. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
New York Times
01-05-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
‘Donald Trump Will Not Be President Four Years Hence'
In a live event recorded at the Brooklyn Public Library on Tuesday, Opinion's deputy editor, Patrick Healy, was joined by the columnists Michelle Goldberg, M. Gessen and Bret Stephens to discuss how President Trump's second term has reshaped America in just 100 days. Below is a transcript of an episode of 'The Opinions.' We recommend listening to it in its original form for the full effect. You can do so using the player above or on the NYT Audio App, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts. The transcript has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Patrick Healy: I want to start with a premise and a provocation to kick off our conversation. My premise is this: American voters knew last year exactly what Donald Trump was capable of as president, that Trump pretty much told us what he would do if re-elected. It prompted an editorial project by my Times Opinion colleagues called 'Believe Him,' and that Trump won a free and fair election last November. So my provocation is this: America is getting the disruptive, destructive strongman presidency that millions of our fellow citizens wanted, and that Trump used these first 100 days to deliver on a mandate from November's plurality of voters. In other words, this is a presidency that more Americans voted for than voted against. And Michelle, I'm going to go to you first because you are a Brooklyn-based columnist in the house. Michelle, have the last three months been a president putting a mandate to work? Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
New York Times
30-04-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
Maureen Dowd and Carlos Lozada on 100 Days of Trump's ‘Fake Reality'
In this episode of 'The Opinions,' the deputy Opinion editor Patrick Healy is joined by the columnists Maureen Dowd and Carlos Lozada to dissect the first 100 days of President Trump's second term and prepare for what's to come. Below is a transcript of an episode of 'The Opinions.' We recommend listening to it in its original form for the full effect. You can do so using the player above or on the NYT Audio app , Apple , Spotify , Amazon Music , YouTube , iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts. The transcript has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Patrick Healy: This is the First 100 Days, a weekly series examining President Trump's use of power and his drive to change America. On Tuesday we hit the milestone: President Trump has been in office 100 days. So what have we learned? He has used power chaotically — but for a purpose: to throw an entire country off balance, to gain maximum leverage while keeping friends and enemies alike on their back heel. He's ruled by executive order to an unprecedented degree, and he's trying to remake America in his image. He decides who matters and who is disposable. So tens of thousands of federal workers are gone. D.E.I. is gone. Transgender people are erased as a matter of government policy. Undocumented migrants are being rounded up, and deportations are also underway of people lawfully in the country, and even American citizens. The president is doing much of this in defiance of the courts and the Constitution. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. Already a subscriber? Log in. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
