This book is the result of a years-long (almost decades-long) process. The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. For more information, address: design: Jamie Keenan
No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any manner without written permission of the copyright owner except for the use of quotations in a book review. The Gray Lady Winked How The New York Times’s Misreporting, Distortions, and Fabrications Radically Alter History by Ashley RindsbergĪll rights reserved. The result is an essential look at the tangled relationship between media, power and politics in a post-truth world. Second World War – Holocaust – Rise of the Soviet Union – Cuban Revolution – Vietnam War – Second Palestinian Intifada – Atomic Bombing of Japan – Iraq War – Founding of America. These are the stories that mattered most, including the Times’s disastrous coverage of the: In 10 gripping chapters, The Gray Lady Winked offers readers an eye-opening, often shocking, look at the New York Times’s greatest journalistic failures, so devastating they changed the course of history. The Gray Lady Winked pulls back the curtain on this illustrious institution to reveal a quintessentially human organization where ideology, ego, power and politics compete with the more humble need to present the facts. It doesn’t just cover the news: it creates it. With thousands of reporters covering events from all corners of the globe, the Times has the power to influence wars, foment revolution, shape economies and change the very nature of our culture.
As flagship of the American news media, the New York Times is the world’s most powerful news outlet.
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