Former NYT Director Says Paper Is 'Digging Its Own Grave'

Print media is all but dead, as the world moves further into the realm of digital media. The biggest publications, like the New York Times, have managed to stave off elimination both by going in on digital media, but also due to their staying power as a once-trusted news source. But that trust in the NYT has evaporated in the last two decades, as the paper has become liberally bias in their reporting.

From bad sources for stories to blatant false information, the NYT has become a mouthpiece for Democrat media at this point. It has become so extreme their readership has declined rapidly, leaving the organization in freefall. Former director of the NYT Yaakov Ort, who spent 35 years with the paper, said recently that they are "digging their own grave."

Media research analyst Jeff McCall says it is pretty telling when your own turn on you.

"It shows they were loyal when they felt the organization was providing a news function...but now I think the sense is that they are not," he says.

In a Facebook post, Ort accused the NYT of an "appalling twist of the facts, and mindful, heartless concealment of the truth." That is a pretty damning quote from a 35-year veteran of the organization.

It has become almost as if the paper has flipped from caring about journalism to caring about activism. As evidenced in the 2024 election, people are fed up with the activism and radical ideologies. But for some reason, they are not grasping the concept. They keep pushing the same narrative, and it is costing them dearly.

"If it were not for crosswords and Wordle...the web traffic for the New York Times would be much worse than it is right now," says McCall. "It is a sad reflection of the state of that organization...when people think of them more for their game section, than they do anything considered news."

The organization might be flailing, but the product they are supposed to provide is everlasting. There is still a place in the world for news reporting organizations like the NYT. There is a path back to relevancy. But that means changing the way you do things. Which they do not seem keen to do.

"When they cannot do it in a fair, sensible way, they are doing a disservice to the nation when you get down to it," McCall says.

He adds this insider information coming out just hurts their credibility further. It is hard to imagine that taking any bigger of a hit. But as with anything mainstream media does, just when you think they hit rock bottom, they find a shovel.