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The New York Times likes to think of itself as the “paper of record” or
the gold standard of journalism. However, the Times, which has been
controlled by the same family for more than a century, has a history of
publishing lies and propagating false information relating to some of
the most significant events in history. 

Let’s go through five of the biggest lies published by the New York
Times. 

5. The Hunter Biden Laptop 
Despite overwhelming evidence from the start that the documents, images,
and recordings emanating from the Hunter Biden laptop were authentic,
the Times initially refused to report on the scandal. When it became
apparent, however, that the story was not going away, the newspaper
published an article suggesting that the laptop, and its contents,
should be disregarded since they were part of a disinformation campaign
by the Russian government. 

However, the data and documents on Hunter Biden's laptop were
unquestionably of national importance and justified substantial coverage
by the Times. In addition to a series of embarrassing photos and videos
stored on the laptop, there were many emails from the device which
pointed to sketchy business dealings between the Biden family and
foreign operatives connected to the Chinese and Ukrainian governments. 

According to polls, approximately 17% of Biden voters would have changed
their vote had they been aware of the Hunter Biden laptop story. In
essence, this concerted effort by the New York Times and others to
initially suppress, and then reject, the laptop story unquestionably
impacted the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. 

4. Russian Collusion Hoax
The New York Times was the chief disseminator of the Trump/Russian
collusion hoax. The Times published a multitude of uncorroborated and
false articles suggesting that Trump and the Russian government
coordinated closely in the lead-up to the 2016 election. 

As just one of many examples, in 2017, the Times published an article
headlined “Trump Campaign Aides Had Repeated Contacts With Russian
Intelligence.” In that piece, the Times stated that Trump's 2016
campaign had been in repeated contact with senior Russian intelligence
officials during his presidential campaign. But that turned out to be
false. 

Incredibly, the Times refused to retract their reporting even after FBI
officials (who, as we know, were no fans of President Trump) labeled the
Times' Russian collusion reporting as “inaccurate” and “misleading.” 

3. Russian Bounties On US Soldiers
In June of 2020, the New York Times published an article claiming that
Russia had offered bounties to the Taliban to kill American troops
stationed in Afghanistan. 

The Times article further indicated that President Trump had been
briefed on the Russian bounties plot but didn't take any action on that
information (because, after all, Trump was a Russian asset, according to
the Times). As it turned out, however, the Russian bounty story was as
phony as the Russian collusion hoax. 

The Russian bounties story was a major blunder by the Times and it could
have resulted in grave consequences. Given NYT's influence and vast
readership, it was extremely reckless for the paper to publish a bogus
story alleging that Russia is paying terrorists to kill Americans.
Because if that were true, it would potentially be grounds for a war
between the world's two largest nuclear powers. 

Apparently, galvanizing Americans towards a nuclear armageddon is a risk
that the New York Times is willing to take so long as it makes the
orange man look bad. 

2.  Weapons of Mass Destruction In Iraq 
In 2002, New York Times reporter Judith Miller wrote a series of
articles, based on unnamed sources, claiming that Saddam Hussein
“already had or was acquiring an arsenal of weapons of mass
destruction.” However, as the world soon discovered, Hussein never
possessed WMDs. 

This is yet another instance in which a misleading story published by
the Times had significant real-world implications. To this day, many
consider the Times reporting on Saddam's non-existent "WMDs" to have
played a major role in motivating the Bush administration to go to war
in Iraq. 

That war, of course, led to the deaths of over 4,000 American soldiers,
and over 100,000 Iraqi civilians. In addition, the war pushed the United
States deeper into debt and cost American taxpayers over $2 trillion. 

Sadly, not much has changed over at the New York Times. Today, the
“paper of record” seems to relish the role of being a cheerleader for
increasing America's involvement in the Ukraine conflict with Russia. 

1. Whitewashing Genocide.
The Times' deceptive coverage of the Holodomor genocide and the Nazi
regime's atrocities are by far the most egregious examples of horrible
journalism by the paper. 

Holodomor Genocide
By now it is readily evident that the Times has a poor track record
reporting on Russia. Today, the paper portrays Russia as an evil puppet
master responsible for seemingly everything that goes wrong in the
world. But this wasn’t always the case. 

Back when Russia was the central power within the Soviet Union, the New
York Times often portrayed the nation in a favorable light. In the
1930s, Stalin deliberately engineered a famine to starve Ukrainians.
This ended in the deaths of 4 million men, women and children. But the
Times’ star reporter, Walter Duranty, essentially disseminated Soviet
propaganda to Americans by denying that the famine was occuring. Had
American’s not been misled by the Times' reporting, it would’ve almost
certainly changed their view of the USSR. Instead, Americans, and even
President Roosevelt, were bamboozled by Stalin, thanks in part to the
Times portrayal of "Uncle Joe." 

By the time Americans (and the rest of the free world) became attuned to
the evil of the USSR, it was too late, as the Soviets had already taken
control of governments around the world. Millions of people were driven
into communist dictatorships following the end of World War 2. These
poor souls would remain under communist control, for another
half-century, until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989. 

Coverage of Nazi Germany
Similar to its depiction of Stalin, in the decade leading up to World
War 2, the Times often published glowing portrayals of Hitler and
downplayed the Nazi regime’s atrocities. The Times even employed a Nazi
collaborator, Guido Enderis, to be its Bureau Chief in Berlin. 

As Ashley Rindsberg documents in, The Gray Lady Winked, Enderiso
presented news reports about Hitler and the Nazis in a favorable light
to American readers back home. It’s not hard to imagine how many lives
would have been saved if Americans had not been misled by the Times and
were informed about Hitler’s brutality several years before World War 2
began. 

The Paper of Record?
The fact is, if you had a friend or family member lie to you,
repeatedly, for nearly a century about some of the world’s most
significant events, you would never give them the benefit of the doubt
or believe anything they say. It is time we hold the New York Times to
that same standard. 

Ashton Cohen is an attorney, investor, writer, and host of Ashton Cohen:
The ELECTile Dysfunction Podcast.