NYT covered Trump favorably while publishing a relentless stream of critical pieces about Biden & Harris.

Question

The New York Times covered Trump favorably while publishing a relentless stream of critical pieces about Biden and, later, Harris.

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Congrats to the NYTIMES for sane washing Trump for a decade and for running 100 hit pieces a day against Biden and then Kamala.

Answer 1

Via a small bit of research, I can say that this claim is false, not only because the New York Times doesn't have a bias towards the Trump administration but the article originally sourced actually paints Trump in a negative light. The New York Times has a small bias toward left-winged politics and tends to side with them over Trump. Not to mention the article linked in the social media feed that was sourced targets Trump's decisions with the recent tariffs and gets several opinions from other professorial about how it will mostly cause a recession in the economy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/business/stocks-trump-tariffs.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes

https://www.allsides.com/news-source/new-york-times-opinion-media-bias

Answer 2

Hi! I don't think using BlueSky as a source is particularly effective. The specific BlueSky post you have linked features a critical article of President Trump, so I'm not sure if I'm missing something or not. The NYT Opinion section is generally critical of Trump, and the paper itself leans slightly to the left. So, while Trump may be viewed in a negative light by the paper as a whole, the New York Times is a trustworthy media source that looks at things from an objective sense, with a slight bias toward Dems, which wouldn't make sense for bashing Biden/Harris.

https://adfontesmedia.com/news-fast-furious-web-chart-feb2025/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/opinion/trump-deporation-america.html