Yes, The New York Times Is Engaging in Genocidal Journalism: Omission, Zionist Allegiances, and Media Betrayal

July 26, 2025 – Palestine/USA – 

Al Jazeera columnist Belén Fernández published a scathing critique declaring that The New York Times (NYT) is participating in what she terms “genocidal journalism”, by normalizing the mass killing and enforced starvation of Palestinians in Gaza as acceptable and justified. Fernández harshly critiques NYT opinion columnist Bret Stephens, who argued that Israel’s actions do not amount to genocide—despite international institutions like UN bodies and Amnesty International reaching the opposite conclusion.

Fernández asserts that NYT’s framing sanitizes Israel’s destruction of Gaza—bombing homes, hospitals, schools, and displacement camps—by refusing to acknowledge intent or consequences. Her piece warns that this narrative strategy amounts to aiding Israel’s campaign of destruction under the guise of journalism.

Similarly, a July 26 piece in Mondoweiss by Writers Against the War on Gaza details the NYT’s deep-seated Zionist institutional alignment. The article exposes 20 senior editors, correspondents, and executives with direct ties to the Israeli military, think tanks, or settler ideology. Among them are journalists who once served in the Israeli Defense Forces or whose families lead pro-Israel lobbying groups. This staff composition, writers argue, systematically skews NYT coverage toward the Israeli perspective, marginalizing Palestinian voices and justifying crippling actions against Gaza—including genocidal warfare—through editorial choices.

Across multiple analyses by Al Jazeera Media Institute, The Intercept, and academic studies, The NYT is shown to suppress key terms like “genocide,” “ethnic cleansing,” and “occupied territory,” and to rarely use the word “Palestine” except in rare cases. The words “massacre” and “slaughter” appear overwhelmingly to describe Israeli victims rather than Palestinian ones, creating a rhetorical imbalance that dehumanizes Palestinians while humanizing Israeli suffering.

Al Jazeera’s media commentary and other critiques warn these omissions constitute not mere bias, but a deliberate gatekeeping strategy silencing Palestinian suffering while amplifying Israeli narratives. The result is a media apparatus that masks systemic violence behind sanitized framing, paradoxically lending legitimacy to actions condemned as genocide by international law.

Reference – 

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/opinions/2025/7/23/yes-the-new-york-times-is-committing-genocidal-journalism

The New York Times commitment to Zionism begins with its own staff