Why Evolution is True is a blog written by Jerry Coyne, centered on evolution and biology but also dealing with diverse topics like politics, culture, and cats.
by Greg Mayer When I wrote Jerry about the New York Times declaration of victory on behalf of the con artist Uri Geller, I predicted that there would be a response from the Center for Inquiry, and maybe Michael Shermer as well. And sure enough, former CFI vice president D.J. Grothe, as Jerry has already … Continue reading “Prebunking” the Times’ rehabilitation of Uri Geller
As the Elder of Ziyon site states, dissecting one of the claims made by an author of the NYT pieces below, “Raja Abdulrahim has become an expert on how to write slanderous, one-sided articles about Israel while carefully adhering to the journalistic standards that supposedly ensure “fairness” of the New York Times.” And the paper’s given … Continue reading The New York Times’s distortions about Israel
I’m afraid I’ll be posting more about the war today—but from various angles. The angle here is the failure of the New York Times in reporting the war, and especially the explosion at Al-Ahli Hospital. The Times, relying entirely on information from Hamas and its agencies, published an initial headline (see here and here), “Israel … Continue reading The failure(s) of the New York Times
Well, well, well. . . here we have a big article from the New York Times that touts ghosts, implicitly assumes that they exist and haunt houses, and tells readers how to live with them. Save for one barely noticeable caveat about naturalistic explanations for one “ghostly” phenomenon, you will find no doubt about ghosts, … Continue reading New York Times touts ghosts
by Greg Mayer Jerry and I have lamented here at WEIT the decline of The New York Times, including its descent into woke ideology and pseudoscience. But we have noted some encouraging shifts in the position of the editorial board, even if they are sometimes confused, and the odious Dean Baquet is stepping down as … Continue reading A new New York Times opinion columnist
Far be it from me to criticize the Jesus story on His birthday. Actually, it isn’t far at all, for the New York Times, in today’s op-ed, buys the whole hog of the Jesus myth related in the Bible. I don’t recall them accepting the myths of Judaism on Hannukah, but maybe I missed that … Continue reading The New York Times’s Christmas essay (Trigger warning: atheism)
As we all know by now, Harvard’s President Claudine Gay the first black woman head of the University, resigned on Tuesday (her letter of resignation, here, is also reproduced below the fold). In her formal letter she doesn’t explain why she resigned, but simply says this: . . . . after consultation with members of … Continue reading Claudine Gay discusses her resignation in the New York Times
Anybody with cerebral neurons who reads the New York Times surely sees that it’s not only moved leftward, becoming “progressive” rather than liberal, but has also become less objective, allowing its editorial stand to seep into the news coverage, which is supposed to be objective. This tendency became blindingly obvious when, on June 30, 2020, … Continue reading How the New York Times lost its objectivity and credibility
