Ashley Rindsberg: How Nazi Propaganda Made It Into The New York Times

Ashley Rindsberg is the author of "The Gray Lady Winked: How the New York Times's Misreporting, Distortions and Fabrications Radically Alter History". I

n this episode he discusses how The New York Times has repeatedly misrepresented major historical events and why this matters.

Timestamps:

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

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