Name: The Gray Lady Winked
Uploaded: 2021-07-19T14:30:15+00:00
Duration: 1 h 12 min 58 s
Description: In this podcast, Ashley Rindsberg talks about his book The Gray Lady Winked. New York Times has been nothing less than an institution for the last century. But how has it behaved during key events of

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In this podcast, Ashley Rindsberg talks about his book The Gray Lady Winked. New York Times has been nothing less than an institution for the last century. But how has it behaved during key events of global history? What has been its reportage like? Ashley takes us through a journey in this book where he narrates how the New York Times reported and narrated these events.

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00:00 Intro
00:49 Ashley's background
02:12 Why does the truth matter?
05:48 Project 1619 and postmodernism
10:43 New York Times and its role in shaping the truth
14:04 Fake News and New York Times
18:43 Questions on the credibility
22:35 The Lack of Transparency
23:25 Neutrality of Left Wing Politics
29:28 Delusions of grandeur
31:57 Folk Journalism and the New York Times
37:57 Israel - Palestine conflict and the similarity of reportage on India
42:48 What it is to be a Jew?
46:37 Jews, Indian Americans and politics
50:48 Breaking the shackles of propaganda factories
56:11 Scope for redemption for the NYT
01:00:51 Saving the tenure for journalism
01:05:07 Are we being coaxed with too much information?
01:08:42 Future projects Ashley is working on
01:10:23 Closing Comments