The Gray Lady Winked is a short book with ten chapters, each covering a controversial news story: the Nazis, the Ukraine famine under Stalin, the Times muted coverage of the Holocaust despite or perhaps because it was a Jewish newspaper, Herbert Matthews glowing coverage of Fidel Castro, David Halberstam and Neil Sheehan’s questionable reporting from Vietnam, the early coverup of radiation sickness in Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the US government and the Times working hand in hand, the controversy over the death of Muhammad al-Durrah - a ten year old Palestinian boy shot during the early days of the Second Intifada in 2000, the Times questionable and inaccurate reporting after September 11 and on the elusive Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), questionable reporting on an alleged epidemic of violence by veterans of the Iraq II and Afghan wars, and finally the super-controversial 1619 Project with its dubious claims the American Revolution was fought to preserve slavery.Įach of these chapters covers a complex topic that could be and in many cases has been covered by entire lengthy books, some of which are used as references.

Although the New York Times has long been criticized by many, this appears to be the first attempt to cover the controversies and scandals in a single book - an audacious and difficult undertaking given the scope of the New York Times news reporting. The Gray Lady Winked attempts to be a comprehensive expose of controversial and clearly inaccurate, even fraudulent news reporting by the paper dating back to its coverage of the Nazis and Stalinist Russia in the early 20th century. Ironically, former Times reporter Alex Berenson has become a leading critic of the government’s often changing COVID and lockdown claims as well as the Times dubious reporting. Its’ uncritical repetition of government and Democratic Party propaganda regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns has drawn critical attention to its news reporting as never before in US history. The New York Times is arguably the most influential newspaper in the world.

The Gray Lady Winked: How the New York Times’s Misreporting, Distortions, and Fabrications Radically Alter Historyīy Ashley Rindsberg, Mark Crispin Miller (Foreword)Ģ83 pages, including Notes and Bibliography (no Index)

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