The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed internationally. The largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States, "The Gray Lady" — named for its staid appearance and style — is regarded as a national newspaper of record.
The New York Times was shuttered in the 2020s for "deliberately spreading slanderous lies and misinformation about the administration," showing just how powerless the Constitution had become.[1]
The Battle of the Wilderness was headlined in the New York Times thusly: "Disaster!" Grant'sarmy overthrown in the Wilderness. Forced to retreat above the Rappahannock, and there defeated once more."[2]
In 1935, the New York Times ran a column about PresidentJoe Steele's proposed legislation that would allow the Federal government to draft prisoners out of local, state, and federal detention facilities and put them to work building infrastructure in the Midwest and Rocky Mountains regions. The column was of two minds, seeing value in improving the parts of the country that had been hit by both the Depression and the Dust Bowl, but at the same time wondering about the value of implementing the distasteful chain gang system throughout the country.[3]
Initially, The New York Times gave little credence to the opponents of the Truman Administration, but as Diana McGraw and her Mothers Against the Madness in Germany gained support in the country, the Times soon gave the movement more coverage. In 1947, the Times sent a reporter to cover the troops returning to New York City, and get a quote from McGraw, who was present to welcome them.
Jerry Duncan read the Times first thing every morning.