A. G. Sulzberger on Bias and Objectivity at The New York Times

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🗓️ 18 July 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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A. G. Sulzberger on why—in this age of deep political divides—he’s taking a stand in defense of "traditional journalist values."

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0:00.0	Hey, you're listening to the On the Media podcast Extra.
0:03.4	I'm Michael Lohinger.
0:04.8	For the big show this weekend, we're working on a piece
0:07.8	about the extraordinary transformation of the New York Times
0:12.0	from a struggling newspaper into a digital behemoth.
0:16.6	In the meantime, and as kind of background research
0:19.1	for you guys, we're airing a fascinating interview
0:22.9	about the Grey Lady from our colleagues
0:25.4	at the New Yorker Radio Hour.
0:27.0	David, take it away.
0:30.9	Five odd years ago, I sat down in this studio
0:34.1	with the man who had taken on the most powerful position
0:36.8	in the most important news gathering organization
0:39.5	in the country, possibly the world.
0:42.6	A.G. Sullsberger, not yet 40 at that time,
0:46.5	had been named the publisher of the New York Times.
0:48.6	He is the sixth of the ox Sullsberger family
0:51.5	to run the paper, and under him,
0:54.2	the Times has rebounded from a period of constant cuts
0:57.6	and potential sale to a position of financial stability.
1:02.1	He remains, though, an extremely tense time
1:04.4	in the news business.
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