Ashley Rindsberg is the author of "The Gray Lady Winked: How the New York Times's Misreporting, Distortions and Fabrications Radically Alter History".
In this episode he discusses how The New York Times has repeatedly misrepresented major historical events and why this matters.
He examines the institutional patterns behind the newspaper's reporting errors and explores broader issues in modern media.
Episode Highlights:
00:00:20 - The discovery of The New York Times repeating Nazi propaganda in 1939
00:07:32 - Responding to criticism of judging historical reporting in retrospect
00:12:22 - The Sulzberger family's relative obscurity compared to other media owners
00:15:43 - Personal consequences faced for criticizing The New York Times
00:19:01 - Self-publishing models versus traditional media incentives
00:24:58 - Wikipedia's "invisible power structure" and information control
00:31:48 - The debate about pseudonymous figures versus real identities online
00:35:34 - Jeff Bezos's statement about The Washington Post's direction
Get Ashley’s book here - The Gray Lady Winked
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