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NY Times Struggles With Court Rulings, Discrimination, and a Complaint by an Anonymous Employee

Brad Slager
Brad Slager  |  May 08, 2026
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Glossary Over Things – NEW YORK TIMES

  • Okay, guys? You can drop that term by this stage.

We are not sure if this is a result of just knee-jerk caution or if they are unwilling to be accusatory in stories involving immigration cases. But when reporting on the court case of the man who was firebombing Jewish people in Boulder, Colorado, the Times looked a bit foolish.

They said the man was “accused” of firebombing people, even though he not only confessed to the crime, but was sentenced to life in prison. 

We will take similar caution, and simply say that the Times was accused of committing journalism.


Race To The Bottom – CNN

  • If race is not a factor when accusing racism, then we do not know what racism means!

The redistricting fights currently taking place have turned darkly onto the Democrats. When just weeks ago they were boastful and aggressive on the subject, court rulings in Louisiana and Virginia have upended much of their progress. On top of that, their initial success has inspired similar GOP redistricting to take place in Tennessee and Florida, further negating their desires.

On CNN, they were discussing the Tennessee effort, and how it was inherently racist to redraw those districts. But Lydia Moynihan pointed out to Abby Phillip on the panel that the district that is being redrawn means that it will eliminate the seat held by WHITE Congressman Steve Cohen, and it is likely to then be won by a female POC Republican.  

Listen in as Moynihan points out this fact and, just as Miss Abby is interrupting to throw to a commercial, she quickly asks if that is racist, and you hear a panelist answer her.

“Yes it is.” Amazing.


Race To The Bottom – THE BULWARK

  • Sam, Sam…shut the phone down, start the weekend now…

It has been a very rough week for Sam Stein. Here is a list of his foibles so far:

  • Accused the DOJ of targeting Louise Lucas over gerrymandering when the investigation began under Biden.

  • Said the DOJ tipped off FoxNews for the raids, when local news was on scene hours prior.

  • Accused Bill Melugin of using an insensitive photo of Lucas, when it was her official Senate portrait

  • He said the $1 billion for the White House safety bunker allocated by Congress was Trump pushing the ballroom bill onto taxpayers.

Well, he was not finished. Sam decided to share some of the wisdom from his site, regarding the redistricting fights taking place. He provided a pull quote from the article that hardly helps to sell the brilliance contained at his portal. It states that the state may have to wait a century before it sees a black leader, when they displayed their ignorance that Republicans have a black senator from the state.

  

Both Kinds Of Standards – NEW YORK TIMES

  • It’s acceptable when applied to others, but now it is out of line?!

The Paper of Record is facing a discrimination suit, brought by a reporter through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The Times is not happy about this for a variety of reasons, but the primary gripe they deliver is: This is being used to promote Trump’s agenda!

It says a lot that when an agency like this is enforcing the law for others, and at the behest of a Democrat president, it is hailed as a needed effort. But in this case, it is a white Times reporter who was passed over for a position for someone else from outside the paper, and with little experience in the field, so that means it is frivolous and unnecessary.


Both Kinds Of Standards 2.0 – NEW YORK MAGAZINE / NEW YORK TIMES

  • Look at what a bother those randos can be!

In covering this episode, New York Magazine spoke with some members of the New York Times staff about this complaint, and there is a very telling result.

The complaint that was brought to the paper does not list the name of the individual, and this was causing all kinds of distress inside the newspaper’s offices. 

We hear that the Times, which LOVES to rely on anonymous sourcing, was deeply bothered that they did not know who it was that brought this complaint.

  • The paper itself was first to break the news of the suit but did not name the employee who made the complaint. Reporters at the paper have been scrambling to figure out the employee’s identity, driven in part by bafflement that one of their own colleagues would sell out the paper. “This has been kind of a sh**-show behind the scenes — people trying to figure out who the aggrieved person is,” said another Times staffer.   


News Avoidance Syndrome – CNN

  • This was all so very helpful, Jake.

When Marco Rubio ran the White House presser this week, he earned many plaudits for being engaging, informative, well-prepared, and funny. There was plenty of material to be covered as Rubio was at the podium for nearly an hour. But Jake Tapper apparently did not want to give the Secretary of State much credit with extensive coverage, so he found something to cover that would avoid giving his praise, and also make Tapper appear rather hip.

Rubio had peppered some of his answers to the media with lyrics from rap songs, so Jake gave an unhelpful rundown of which hits Rubio had referenced.