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===Other controversies===
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In 1997, a national news story concerning [[Rebecca Sealfon]]'s victory in the [[Scripps National Spelling Bee]] circulated. Sealfon was sponsored by the ''[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]'', a direct in-market competitor. The ''Post'' published a picture of her but altered the photograph to remove the name of the ''Daily News'' as printed on a placard she was wearing.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=David|first=Shenk|author-link=David Shenk|title=Every Picture Can Tell a Lie|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|date=October 20, 1997|url=https://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/1997/10/7815|access-date=March 22, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417045414/http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/1997/10/7815|archive-date=April 17, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2004, the ''Post'' ran a full-page cover photo of 19-year-old [[New York University]] student Diana Chien jumping to her death from the twenty-fourth story of a building. University spokesman John Beckman commented "...[I]t seems to show an appalling lack of judgment and insensitivity to the young woman's family and a disregard for the feelings of students at NYU".<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 11, 2004 |title=N.Y. student plunges to death; 4th this year |work=[[Sun Journal (Lewiston, Maine)]] |url=https://www.sunjournal.com/2004/03/11/ny-student-plunges-death-4th-year/ |url-status=live |access-date=November 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920002550/https://www.sunjournal.com/2004/03/11/ny-student-plunges-death-4th-year/ |archive-date=September 20, 2021}}</ref>

In 2012, the ''Post'' was criticized for running a photograph of a man struggling to climb back up onto a [[New York City Subway|subway]] platform as a train approached, along with the headline "DOOMED".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Memmot|first1=Mark|date=December 5, 2012|title='NY Post' Photographer: I Was Too Far Away To Reach Man Hit By Train|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/12/05/166558026/ny-post-photographer-i-was-too-far-away-to-reach-man-hit-by-train|access-date=May 7, 2021|website=[[NPR]]|language=en|archive-date=January 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114134347/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/12/05/166558026/ny-post-photographer-i-was-too-far-away-to-reach-man-hit-by-train|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Lowder|first1=J. Bryan|date=December 4, 2012|title=What Really Disturbs Us About the N.Y. Post Subway Death Cover|url=https://slate.com/culture/2012/12/ny-post-subway-death-photo-of-ki-suk-han-why-r-umar-abbasis-image-disturbs-us.html|access-date=May 5, 2021|website=[[Slate Magazine]]|language=en|archive-date=January 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114134447/https://slate.com/culture/2012/12/ny-post-subway-death-photo-of-ki-suk-han-why-r-umar-abbasis-image-disturbs-us.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Abad-Santos|first=Alexander|date=December 4, 2012|title=Who Let This Man Die on the Subway?|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/12/who-let-man-die-subway/320843/|access-date=May 7, 2021|website=[[The Atlantic]]|language=en|archive-date=January 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114134348/https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/12/who-let-man-die-subway/320843/|url-status=live}}</ref> Facing questions over why he did not help the man, the photographer claimed he was not strong enough and had been attempting to use the flash on his camera to alert the driver of the oncoming train.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thespec.com/news/ontario/article/848198--furor-over-ny-post-photo-of-doomed-man|author=Curtis Rush|title=Furor over NY Post photo of doomed man|work=Thespec.com|date=December 4, 2012|access-date=December 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208012755/http://www.thespec.com/news/ontario/article/848198--furor-over-ny-post-photo-of-doomed-man|archive-date=December 8, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In December 2020, the ''Post'' published a story outing an [[emergency medical technician]] who made additional income from posting explicit photographs of herself to the subscription website [[OnlyFans]].<ref name="medic-outing-rollingstone">{{Cite magazine|last=Dickson|first=E. J.|date=December 14, 2020|title=An EMT Joined OnlyFans to Make Ends Meet. Then the 'New York Post' Shamed Her|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/onlyfans-emt-lauren-kwei-1103336/|access-date=December 16, 2020|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|language=en-US|archive-date=January 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114134448/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/onlyfans-emt-lauren-kwei-1103336/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Shugerman |first1=Emily |title=Medic Outed by NY Post for OnlyFans Account Is Deluged With Donations |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/lauren-kwei-medic-outed-by-new-york-post-for-onlyfans-account-is-deluged-with-donations |website=[[The Daily Beast]] |access-date=December 28, 2020 |language=en |date=December 14, 2020 |archive-date=January 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114134341/https://www.thedailybeast.com/lauren-kwei-medic-outed-by-new-york-post-for-onlyfans-account-is-deluged-with-donations |url-status=live }}</ref> The publication was widely criticized on social media as "[[doxxing]] someone simply for trying to earn a living."<ref name="medic-outing-rollingstone" />

In April 2021, Facebook blocked users from sharing a ''Post'' story about home real estate purchases by [[Black Lives Matter]] co-founder [[Patrisse Cullors]], saying that it violated its privacy and personal information policy.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Swanson|first=Ian|date=April 16, 2021|title=Facebook prevents sharing of New York Post Black Lives Matter story|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/548612-facebook-prevents-sharing-of-new-york-post-black-lives-matter-story|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|language=en|archive-date=January 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114134353/https://thehill.com/homenews/media/548612-facebook-prevents-sharing-of-new-york-post-black-lives-matter-story/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Daniel|last=Villarreal|date=April 15, 2021|title=Facebook prevents sharing New York Post story on Black Lives Matter founder Patrisse Cullors' real estate|url=https://www.newsweek.com/facebook-prevents-sharing-new-york-post-story-black-lives-matter-founder-patrisse-cullors-real-1584050|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=[[Newsweek]]|language=en|archive-date=January 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114135427/https://www.newsweek.com/facebook-prevents-sharing-new-york-post-story-black-lives-matter-founder-patrisse-cullors-real-1584050|url-status=live}}</ref> In response, the ''Post'' argued that it was an arbitrary decision since other newspapers, magazines and websites highlight the real estate purchases of high status individuals.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Board|first=Post Editorial|date=April 16, 2021|title=Social media again silences The Post for reporting the news|url=https://nypost.com/2021/04/16/social-media-again-silences-the-post-for-reporting-the-news/|access-date=April 18, 2021|website=New York Post|language=en-US|archive-date=January 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114135351/https://nypost.com/2021/04/16/social-media-again-silences-the-post-for-reporting-the-news/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[News Media Alliance]] CEO David Chavern also voiced criticism of the decision, saying in a prepared statement: "There is no balance of power between 'media' and 'Big Tech.{{'"}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Golding|first=Bruce|date=April 16, 2021|title=Media group blasts Facebook for blocking The Post's story on BLM co-founder|url=https://nypost.com/2021/04/16/media-group-blasts-facebook-for-blocking-the-posts-story-on-blm-co-founder/|access-date=April 18, 2021|website=New York Post|language=en-US|archive-date=January 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114135351/https://nypost.com/2021/04/16/media-group-blasts-facebook-for-blocking-the-posts-story-on-blm-co-founder/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In April 2021, the ''Post'' published a false front-page story asserting that copies of a book by vice president [[Kamala Harris]] were being distributed to migrant children at an intake facility in Long Beach, California.<ref name=":4">{{cite news|last1=Rizzo|first1=Salvador|date=April 27, 2021|title=No, officials are not handing out Harris's picture book to migrant kids|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/27/no-officials-are-not-handing-out-harriss-picture-book-migrant-kids/|access-date=April 27, 2021|archive-date=April 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427181536/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/27/no-officials-are-not-handing-out-harriss-picture-book-migrant-kids/|url-status=live}}</ref> Fox News then published a story about the matter, followed by numerous Republican politicians and pundits commenting on it, in some cases speculating that taxpayers were funding the supposed book handouts for Harris's personal profit.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=McEvoy|first=Jemima|date=April 27, 2021|title=Fox Pundits And GOP Legislators Still Spread Debunked Lie That Book By Kamala Harris Distributed To Migrant Children|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2021/04/27/fox-pundits-and-gop-legislators-still-spread-debunked-lie-that-book-by-kamala-harris-distributed-to-migrant-children/|website=[[Forbes]]|access-date=April 28, 2021|archive-date=January 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114135412/https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2021/04/27/fox-pundits-and-gop-legislators-still-spread-debunked-lie-that-book-by-kamala-harris-distributed-to-migrant-children/|url-status=live}}</ref> Responding to questions from Fox News correspondent [[Peter Doocy]], White House press secretary [[Jen Psaki]] expressed no knowledge of the matter; the ''Post'' then published a new story headlined "Psaki has no answers when asked about Harris' book being given to child migrants."<ref name=":5" /> Four days after the original publication, the ''Post'' replaced the story with a new version clarifying that just one Harris book had been donated by a community member but maintained that it was an "open-arms gesture by the Biden administration," though there was no evidence of the administration's involvement.<ref name=":5" /> Laura Italiano, the author of the story, resigned that day, asserting she had been "ordered" to write it.<ref name="Grynbaum" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=Dale|first=Daniel|author-link=Daniel Dale|date=April 28, 2021|title=New York Post temporarily deletes, then edits false story that claimed Harris' book was given out in migrant 'welcome kits'|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/27/politics/new-york-post-fact-check-kamala-harris-book-migrants/index.html|access-date=April 28, 2021|website=[[CNN]]|archive-date=January 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114135412/https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/27/politics/new-york-post-fact-check-kamala-harris-book-migrants/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In October 2022, a rogue employee of the ''Post'' published a series of racist, violent and sexually explicit headlines on its Twitter account. Shortly after these headlines appeared, a spokesperson for the ''Post'' stated that the "vile and reprehensible" headlines were the result of a [[security hacker|hack]] and were immediately removed, and that the incident was under investigation. The spokesperson later stated that "the unauthorized conduct was committed by an employee, and the employee has been terminated."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Darcy |first=Oliver |date=October 27, 2022 |title=New York Post says 'vile and reprehensible' tweets result of rogue employee {{!}} CNN Business |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/27/media/new-york-post-employee-vile-tweets/index.html |access-date=October 28, 2022 |website=[[CNN]] |language=en |archive-date=January 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114135459/https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/27/media/new-york-post-employee-vile-tweets/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In May 2023, amid reports that a wave of migrants might soon cross the American southern border, the ''Post'' ran a front-page story stating that 20 homeless veterans had been ordered to vacate [[upstate New York]] hotels to make room for arriving migrants. Fox News and other conservative outlets sent the story viral, with numerous conservatives expressing outrage at [[President Joe Biden]] and other Democrats. The story was soon found to have been fabricated by a local veterans advocate.<ref>{{cite news|title=Story of homeless veterans displaced by migrants was false|url=https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/unhoused-veterans-displaced-migrants-fake-18107182.php|work=[[Times Union (Albany)|TImes Union]]|date=May 19, 2023|author1=Lana Bellamy|author2=Phillip Pantuso|author3=Brendan J. Lyons|access-date=May 19, 2023|archive-date=May 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519175906/https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/unhoused-veterans-displaced-migrants-fake-18107182.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=McLaughlin |first1=Aidan |title=Homeless Vets Story Eaten Up By Fox News Turns Out to Be Spectacularly False |url=https://www.mediaite.com/tv/homeless-vets-story-eaten-up-by-fox-news-turns-out-to-be-spectacularly-false/ |publisher=Mediaite |date=May 19, 2023 |access-date=May 19, 2023 |archive-date=May 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519175914/https://www.mediaite.com/tv/homeless-vets-story-eaten-up-by-fox-news-turns-out-to-be-spectacularly-false/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

While attending a June 2024 [[50th G7 summit|G7 Summit]] in Italy, G7 leaders watched an exhibition of military parachutists jump from aircraft and land nearby. After the exhibition, [[President Joe Biden]] stepped away from the group to approach some parachutists to speak and give them a thumbs-up. The ''Post'' tweeted a cropped version of a video that did not show the parachutists, creating a false impression that Biden had wandered off in confusion. The paper ran a full front-page story the next day, asserting "Biden embarrasses US with confused wanderings at world conference." [[Fox News]] ran a segment on the ''Post'' story, displaying the front-page on air. ''The Washington Post'' factchecker assigned the story [[Glenn Kessler (journalist)#Washington Post Fact Checker|Four Pinocchios]], designating it as an outright lie.<ref>{{cite news |title='Cheapfake' Biden videos enrapture right-wing media, but deeply mislead |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/14/cheapfake-biden-videos-enrapture-right-wing-media-deeply-mislead/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=June 14, 2024 |author1=Adriana Usero |author2=Glenn Kessler |access-date=June 15, 2024 |archive-date=June 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619235139/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/14/cheapfake-biden-videos-enrapture-right-wing-media-deeply-mislead/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Right-wing media outlets use deceptively cropped video to misleadingly claim Biden wandered off at G7 summit |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/14/politics/media-outlets-use-deceptively-edited-video-to-claim-biden-wandered-off-at-g7-summit/index.html |publisher=CNN |date=June 14, 2024 |author1=Michael Williams |author2=Samantha Waldenberg |access-date=June 15, 2024 |archive-date=June 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615024908/https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/14/politics/media-outlets-use-deceptively-edited-video-to-claim-biden-wandered-off-at-g7-summit/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In September 2024, the ''[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]'' found that several of the ''New York Post''{{'}}s stories about Wisconsin politics had been authored by an individual with no clear previous journalism experience and extensive ties to the [[Republican Party of Wisconsin|state's Republican Party]]. These included two recent 2024 stints completing consulting work for that party; 2023 consulting work for [[Daniel Kelly (Wisconsin judge)|Dan Kelly]], a conservative state Supreme Court candidate; and being the campaign manager for a state [[Wisconsin State Assembly|Assembly]] campaign in 2024.<ref>{{cite news |first=Daniel |last=Bice |title=Bice: New York Post campaign reporter was a paid consultant for the Wisconsin GOP |date=2024-09-24 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/23/new-york-post-campaign-reporter-was-paid-by-wisconsin-republicans/75276893007/ |url-access=subscription}}</ref>