Shareholders vs. The New York Times, former employee who resigned from the newspaper: "They are legitimizing antisemitism"

Florida's pension fund and a conservative organization have petitioned a New York court to compel the parent company of The New York Times to disclose internal documents, alleging bias in its coverage of the war between Israel and Hamas, deficiencies in fact-checking, and complaints from a former employee who warned about antisemitism.

Florida's pension fund (SBA) and the conservative policy organization National Center for Public Policy Research have filed a lawsuit in the New York Supreme Court against the parent company of The New York Times. The plaintiffs, who are shareholders in the company, demand access to internal documents concerning the board's oversight of the newspaper's journalistic standards, particularly in its coverage of the war between Israel and Hamas. At the center of the lawsuit is a former employee of the video department, who raised warnings at least 15 times since 2019 about antisemitism and anti-Israel bias, and even prepared a 26-slide presentation. The lawsuit references several incidents: the reporting on the explosion at Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza in October 2023, the rehiring of a freelance photographer who posted posts expressing admiration for Hitler, and a column by Nicholas Kristof from May 2026. The New York Times rejected the claims and stated that this is an attempt to exert ideological pressure on an independent media outlet.

Shareholders vs. The New York Times, former employee who resigned from the newspaper: "They are legitimizing antisemitism"