Suing the “New York Times” for Its Biased Israel Coverage

Last week, shareholders of the New York Times initiated a lawsuit that would compel the paper’s directors to hand over internal records pertaining to its reporting on Israel’s current war. Maya Sulkin outlines the stunning lack of oversight at the Times, relates the account of a remarkably stiff-spined whistleblower—a Jewish former employee who was once told by her boss that “it’s not your job to be the ombudsman of the New York Times”—and addresses the implications of such legal action against publicly traded companies.