Editing New York Post (section)

==Content, coverage and criticism==
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The ''Post'' has been criticized since the beginning of Murdoch's ownership for [[sensationalism]], blatant [[advocacy]], and [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] [[Media bias|bias]]. In 1980, the ''[[Columbia Journalism Review]]'' stated that the "''New York Post'' is no longer merely a journalistic problem. It is a social problem—a force for evil."<ref name="CJR">''[[Columbia Journalism Review]]'', volume 18, number 5 (Jan/Feb 1980), pp. 22–23.</ref>

The ''Post'' has been accused of contorting its news coverage to suit Murdoch's business needs, in particular avoiding subjects which could be unflattering to the government of the [[People's Republic of China]], where Murdoch has invested heavily in satellite television.<ref name=PageSix>{{cite news|author=James Barron and Campbell Robertson|title=Page Six, Staple of Gossip, Reports on Its Own Tale|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 19, 2007|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/19/nyregion/19six.html|access-date=May 19, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202074313/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/19/nyregion/19six.html?_r=1&pagewanted=1&ref=nyregion&oref=slogin|archive-date=February 2, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

In a 2019 article in ''[[The New Yorker]]'', [[Ken Auletta]] wrote that Murdoch "doesn't hesitate to use the ''Post'' to belittle his business opponents", and went on to say that Murdoch's support for [[Edward I. Koch]] while he was running for mayor of New York "spilled over onto the news pages of the ''Post'', with the paper regularly publishing glowing stories about Koch and sometimes savage accounts of his four primary opponents."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Auletta |first1=Ken |title=Promises, Promises |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/07/02/promises-promises-2 |access-date=April 26, 2019 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |date=June 25, 2007 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111024350/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/07/02/promises-promises-2 |archive-date=January 11, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

According to ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[Ronald Reagan]]'s campaign team credited Murdoch and the ''Post'' for his victory in New York in the [[1980 United States presidential election]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mahler |first1=Jonathan |last2=Rutenberg |first2=Jim |title=How Rupert Murdoch's Empire of Influence Remade the World |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/03/magazine/rupert-murdoch-fox-news-trump.html |access-date=April 26, 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426130110/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/03/magazine/rupert-murdoch-fox-news-trump.html |archive-date=April 26, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Reagan later "waived a prohibition against owning a television station and a newspaper in the same market", allowing Murdoch to continue to control the ''New York Post'' and ''[[The Boston Herald]]'' while expanding into television.

In 1997, ''Post'' executive editor [[Steven D. Cuozzo]] responded to criticism by saying that the ''Post'' "broke the elitist media stranglehold on the national agenda."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Moyer |first1=Justin Wm |title=New York Post endorses Trump: He reflects the best of 'New York values' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/04/15/new-york-post-endorses-trump-he-reflects-the-best-of-new-york-values/ |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |date=April 15, 2016 |access-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027170844/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/04/15/new-york-post-endorses-trump-he-reflects-the-best-of-new-york-values/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In a 2004 survey conducted by [[Pace University]], the ''Post'' was rated the least-credible major news outlet in New York, and the only news outlet to receive more responses calling it "not credible" than credible (44% not credible to 39% credible).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://appserv.pace.edu/emplibrary/pace_poll_061604.pdf|author=Jonathan Trichter|title=Tabloids, Broadsheets, and Broadcast News|work=Pace Poll Survey Research Study|date=June 16, 2004|access-date=June 7, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040623180156/http://appserv.pace.edu/emplibrary/pace_poll_061604.pdf|archive-date=June 23, 2004|url-status=live}}</ref>

The ''Post'' commonly publishes news reports based entirely on reporting from other sources without independent corroboration. In January 2021, the paper forbade the use of [[CNN]], [[MSNBC]], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', and ''The New York Times'' as sole sources for such stories.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Robertson|first=Katie|date=January 13, 2021|title=New York Post to Staff: Stay Away From CNN, MSNBC, New York Times and Washington Post|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/business/media/ny-post-aggregation-fake-news.html|access-date=May 1, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=April 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428202355/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/business/media/ny-post-aggregation-fake-news.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Susan Mulcahy and Frank DiGiacomo's 2024 history was titled "''Paper of Wreckage''" after staffers' nickname for the ''Post'', which was a pun on the term '[[Newspaper of record|paper of record]]'.<ref name="s205">{{cite web |last=Garner |first=Dwight |date=2024-10-07 |title=Book Review: 'Paper of Wreckage,' by Susan Mulcahy and Frank DiGiacomo |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/07/books/review/mulcahy-digiacomo-paper-of-wreckage.html |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=The New York Times}}</ref>

==={{Anchor|Headless body in topless bar}} Style===
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[[File:NYPost.jpg|thumb|The April 15, 1983, edition of the ''New York Post'' featured one of the newspaper's most famous headlines]]
Murdoch imported the [[tabloid journalism]] style of many of his Australian and British newspapers, such as ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]'', which remains one of the highest selling daily newspapers in the United Kingdom. This style was typified<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tabloid journalism|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/tabloid-journalism|access-date=September 19, 2020|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|archive-date=April 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408142631/https://www.britannica.com/topic/tabloid-journalism|url-status=live}}</ref> by the ''Post''{{'}}s famous headlines such as "Headless body in topless bar" (written by [[Vincent Musetto]]). In its 35th-anniversary edition, ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine listed this as one of the greatest headlines. It also has five other ''Post'' headlines in its "Greatest Tabloid Headlines" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/anniversary/35th/n_8568/|title=Greatest Tabloid Headlines|publisher=Nymag.com|date=March 31, 2003|access-date=February 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122082148/http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/anniversary/35th/n_8568/|archive-date=January 22, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>

The ''Post'' has also been criticized for incendiary front-page headlines, such as one referring to the co-chairmen of the [[Iraq Study Group]]—[[James Baker]] and [[Lee H. Hamilton|Lee Hamilton]]—as "[[Cheese-eating surrender monkeys|surrender monkeys]]",<ref>{{cite web |last1=Colby |first1=Edward B. |title=NY Post Officially No Longer a Newspaper |url=https://archives.cjr.org/behind_the_news/ny_post_officially_no_longer_a.php |website=[[Columbia Journalism Review]] |language=en |date=December 8, 2006 |access-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027084737/https://archives.cjr.org/behind_the_news/ny_post_officially_no_longer_a.php |url-status=live }}</ref> and another on the murder of landlord [[Murder of Menachem Stark|Menachem Stark]] reading "[[Slumlord]] found burned in dumpster. Who didn't want him dead?"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://forward.com/articles/190356/questions-and-outrage-surround-menachem-starks-bru/ |title=Questions and Outrage Surround Menachem Stark's Brutal Murder |publisher=Forward.com |date=January 5, 2014 |access-date=February 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226092300/http://forward.com/articles/190356/questions-and-outrage-surround-menachem-starks-bru |archive-date=February 26, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Page Six===
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The Post's influential gossip section '''Page Six''' was created in 1977<ref name="digiacomo200412">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2004/12/pagesix200412.print |title=The Gossip Behind the Gossip |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=December 2004 |access-date=September 13, 2011 |author=DiGiaomo, Frank |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929173432/http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2004/12/pagesix200412.print |archive-date=September 29, 2011 }}</ref> by [[James Brady (columnist)|James Brady]].<ref>{{cite news |title=James Brady Obituary |agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=January 27, 2009 |website=Legacy.com |access-date=July 17, 2018 |url=http://www.legacy.com/ns/james-brady-obituary/123426215 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718030822/http://www.legacy.com/ns/james-brady-obituary/123426215 |archive-date=July 18, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was famous for its [[blind item]]s. Beginning in 1985, columnist [[Richard Johnson (columnist)|Richard Johnson]] edited Page Six for 25 years<ref>{{cite news|last1=Arango|first1=Tim|title=The Editor of Page Six Is Departing After 25 Years|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/08/business/media/08post.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 7, 2010|access-date=January 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104073328/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/08/business/media/08post.html|archive-date=January 4, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> before British journalist [[Emily Smith (editor)|Emily Smith]] replaced him in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Atik |first1=Chiara |title=Meet Your New Page Six Editor, Emily Smith |url=https://guestofaguest.com/media/meet-your-new-page-six-editor-emily-smith |access-date=January 19, 2020 |website=guestofaguest.com |publisher=Guest of a Guest, Inc. |archive-date=January 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114133354/https://guestofaguest.com/media/meet-your-new-page-six-editor-emily-smith |url-status=live }}</ref> In June 2022, Smith was replaced by her deputy, Ian Mohr.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cartwright |first=Lachlan |date=June 13, 2022 |title=Page Six Gossip Queen Dethroned After Internal Probe |language=en |work=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/page-six-gossip-queen-emily-smith-dethroned-after-internal-probe |access-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-date=January 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114133406/https://www.thedailybeast.com/page-six-gossip-queen-emily-smith-dethroned-after-internal-probe |url-status=live }}</ref> 

February 2006 saw the debut of ''Page Six Magazine'', distributed free inside the paper. In September 2007, it started to be distributed weekly in the Sunday edition of the paper. In January 2009, publication of ''Page Six Magazine'' was cut to four times a year.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Flamm |first1=Matthew |date=January 28, 2009 |title='Page Six Magazine' gets deep-sixed |url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20090129/FREE/901299957/page-six-magazine-gets-deep-sixed |work=Crain's New York Business |access-date=January 19, 2020 |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804115122/https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20090129/FREE/901299957/page-six-magazine-gets-deep-sixed |url-status=live }}</ref>

Beginning with the 2017–18 television season, a daily [[broadcast syndication|syndicated]] series known as '''''Page Six TV''''' came to air, produced by [[20th Television]], which was part of the [[21st Century Fox]] side of Rupert Murdoch's holdings, and [[Endemol Shine North America]]. The show was originally hosted by comedian [[John Fugelsang]], with contributions from Page Six and ''Post'' writers (including Carlos Greer), along with regular panelists [[Elizabeth Wagmeister]] from ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' and [[Bevy Smith]]. In March 2018, Fugelsang left the show, with the expectation that a new host would be named, though by the end of the season, it was announced that Wagmeister, Greer and Smith would be retained as equal co-hosts.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/john-fugelsang-leaves-page-six-tv-guest-hosts-filling-in/|title = John Fugelsang Leaves 'Page Six TV': Meet the Guest Hosts Filling in|date = March 23, 2018|access-date = May 28, 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180528215547/https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/john-fugelsang-leaves-page-six-tv-guest-hosts-filling-in/|archive-date = May 28, 2018|url-status = live}}</ref> In April 2019, it was confirmed that the series would end after May 2019; by then, it was last in average viewership out of all U.S. syndicated newsmagazine programs, behind the similar tabloid-inspired program ''[[Daily Mail]] TV''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/04/page-six-tv-syndicated-pop-culture-show-end-second-season-1202589350/|title='Page Six TV' To End After Second Season|date=April 5, 2019|website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|language=en|access-date=April 13, 2019|last3=Andreeva|first3=Nellie|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408170636/https://deadline.com/2019/04/page-six-tv-syndicated-pop-culture-show-end-second-season-1202589350/|archive-date=April 8, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Erroneous reporting and defamation cases arising from bombings===
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[[Richard Jewell]], a security guard wrongly suspected of being the [[Centennial Olympic Park bombing|Centennial Olympic Park bomber]], sued the ''Post'' in 1998, alleging that the newspaper had libeled him in several articles, headlines, photographs, and [[editorial cartoon]]s. U.S. District Judge [[Loretta Preska]] largely denied the ''Post''{{'}}s motion to dismiss, allowing the suit to proceed.<ref>* [https://apnews.com/432b680cbaedbe28bdac15155ebec263 Jewell Libel Suit To Proceed] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026191119/https://apnews.com/432b680cbaedbe28bdac15155ebec263 |date=October 26, 2020 }}, Associated Press (October 1, 1998).
* ''[https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=4401132485484697581 Jewell v. NYP Holdings, Inc.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114133315/https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=4401132485484697581 |date=January 14, 2024 }}'', 23 F. Supp. 2d 348 (1998).</ref> The ''Post'' subsequently settled the case for an undisclosed sum.<ref>
Paul Farhi, [https://web.archive.org/web/20191210215432/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/what-clint-eastwoods-new-movie-gets-every-wrong-about-the-female-reporter-who-broke-the-richard-jewell-story/2019/12/10/fca0d8b4-1b69-11ea-8d58-5ac3600967a1_story.html?outputType=amp What Clint Eastwood's new movie gets very wrong about the female reporter who broke the Richard Jewell story], ''Washington Post'' (December 10, 2019).</ref>

In several stories on the day of the 2013 [[Boston Marathon bombing]], the ''Post'' inaccurately reported that twelve people had died, and that a [[Saudi Arabia|Saudi]] national had been taken into custody as a suspect, which was denied by the [[Boston Police Department]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/16/ny-post-boston-bombings_n_3092814.html|title=NY Post Criticized Over Coverage Of Boston Bombings|last=Mirkinson|first=Jack|date=April 16, 2013|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|access-date=April 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130416225137/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/16/ny-post-boston-bombings_n_3092814.html|archive-date=April 16, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Guardian>{{cite web |last1=McCarthy |first1=Tom |title=New York Post under fire over cover featuring Boston Marathon 'suspects' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/apr/18/new-york-post-boston-suspects-cover |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en |date=April 18, 2013 |access-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-date=January 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114133321/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/apr/18/new-york-post-boston-suspects-cover |url-status=live }}</ref> Three days later, on April 18, the ''Post'' featured a full-page cover photo of two young men at the Boston marathon with the headline "[[Bagman|Bag Men]]" (a term that implies criminality) and erroneously claimed they were being sought by police.<ref name=Guardian/><ref name=CJR2/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Shafer |first1=Jack |title=Shameless paper in mindless fog |url=http://blogs.reuters.com/jackshafer/2013/04/18/shameless-paper-in-mindless-fog/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420042629/http://blogs.reuters.com/jackshafer/2013/04/18/shameless-paper-in-mindless-fog/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 20, 2013 |website=[[Reuters]] Blogs |date=April 18, 2013}}</ref> The men, Salaheddin Barhoum and Yassine Zaimi, were not considered suspects, and the ''Post'' was heavily criticized for the apparent accusation.<ref name=CJR2>{{cite web |last1=Chittum |first1=Ryan |title=The New York Post's disgrace |url=https://archives.cjr.org/the_audit/the_new_york_posts_disgrace.php |website=[[Columbia Journalism Review]] |language=en |date=April 19, 2013 |access-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-date=January 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114133317/https://archives.cjr.org/the_audit/the_new_york_posts_disgrace.php |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/18/ny-post-boston-suspects-bag-men-front-page_n_3109052.html|title=New York Post's Boston 'Bag Men' Front Page Called 'A New Low,' 'Appalling'|last=Fung|first=Katherine|author2=Jack Mirkinson|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|access-date=April 18, 2013|date=April 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130418235821/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/18/ny-post-boston-suspects-bag-men-front-page_n_3109052.html|archive-date=April 18, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Then-editor [[Col Allan]] defended the story, saying they had not referred to the men as "suspects".<ref name=CJR2/><ref>{{cite web |title=The Boston Bombing 'Suspects' and the Story of the Victim Who ID'd One |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/04/boston-bombing-suspects-investigation/316118/ |website=[[The Atlantic]] |date=April 18, 2013 |access-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-date=January 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114133317/https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/04/boston-bombing-suspects-investigation/316118/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The two men later sued the ''Post'' for [[libel]],<ref>{{cite news|title=New York Post hit with libel lawsuit over 'Bag Men' Boston bombings cover|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/jun/06/new-york-post-libel-lawsuit-boston|access-date=June 6, 2013|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=June 6, 2013|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908184502/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/jun/06/new-york-post-libel-lawsuit-boston|archive-date=September 8, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Simpson |first1=Connor |title=This Email Led to the New York Post's Infamous Boston 'BAG MEN' Headline |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/11/email-led-new-york-posts-bag-men-headline/354823/ |website=[[The Atlantic]] |date=November 5, 2013 |access-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-date=October 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026104210/https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/11/email-led-new-york-posts-bag-men-headline/354823/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Haughney |first1=Christine |title=New York Post Faces Suit Over Boston Bomb Article |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/07/business/media/new-york-post-sued-over-boston-bombing-article.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 6, 2013 |access-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-date=January 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114133831/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/07/business/media/new-york-post-sued-over-boston-bombing-article.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and the suit was settled in 2014 on undisclosed terms.<ref>{{cite news|title=Meet The Two Immigrant Runners Wrongly Fingered As 'Possible Suspects' In The Boston Marathon Bombing|url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/runners-fingered-as-bombing-suspects-875362|work=The Smoking Gun|date=April 18, 2013|access-date=December 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027052026/http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/runners-fingered-as-bombing-suspects-875362|archive-date=October 27, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New York Post settles lawsuit over 'Bag Men' cover following Boston Marathon bombing|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/new-york-post-settles-lawsuit-bag-men-cover-article-1.1960843|work=NY Daily News|date=October 2, 2014|access-date=December 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202022323/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/new-york-post-settles-lawsuit-bag-men-cover-article-1.1960843|archive-date=December 2, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Lavoie |first1=Denise |title=New York Post settles lawsuit over 'Bag Men' cover |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/10/01/new-york-post-settles-lawsuit-over-bag-men-cover/xHHqwkifQxuSS1jpsCQBeN/story.html |website=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=October 2, 2014 |access-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-date=January 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114133937/https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/10/01/new-york-post-settles-lawsuit-over-bag-men-cover/xHHqwkifQxuSS1jpsCQBeN/story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Accusations of racism===
In 1989, the ''Post'' described the five black and Latino teenagers arrested following [[Central Park jogger case|the rape and assault of a white woman in Central Park]] as coming "from a world of crack, welfare, guns, knives, indifference, and ignorance [...] a land of no fathers", and having set out "to smash, hurt, rob, stomp, rape" people who were "rich" and "white".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wilkinson |first1=Alissa |title=A changing America finally demands that the Central Park Five prosecutors face consequences |url=https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/6/27/18715785/linda-fairstein-central-park-five-when-they-see-us-netflix |website=[[Vox (website)|Vox]] |language=en |date=June 27, 2019 |access-date=September 20, 2021 |archive-date=January 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114133838/https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/6/27/18715785/linda-fairstein-central-park-five-when-they-see-us-netflix |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Hinton |first1=Elizabeth |title=How the 'Central Park Five' Changed the History of American Law |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/06/when-they-see-us-shows-cases-impact-us-policy/590779/ |website=[[The Atlantic]] |language=en |date=June 2, 2019 |access-date=September 20, 2021 |archive-date=January 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114133849/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/06/when-they-see-us-shows-cases-impact-us-policy/590779/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Dahl |first1=Julia |title=We were the wolf pack: How New York City tabloid media misjudged the Central Park Jogger case |url=https://www.poynter.org/newsletters/2011/we-were-the-wolf-pack-how-new-york-city-tabloid-media-mangled-the-central-park-jogger-case/ |website=[[Poynter Institute]] |date=June 16, 2011 |access-date=September 20, 2021 |archive-date=January 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114133828/https://www.poynter.org/newsletters/2011/we-were-the-wolf-pack-how-new-york-city-tabloid-media-mangled-the-central-park-jogger-case/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The teenagers' convictions were later overturned after the confession of a serial rapist, which was confirmed with DNA evidence.

In 2006, several [[Asian-American]] advocacy groups protested the use of the headline "Wok This Way" for a ''Post'' article about U.S. president [[George W. Bush]]'s meeting with [[Hu Jintao]], President of the [[People's Republic of China]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/04-22-2006/front/story/411080p-347724c.html|author=Paul H.B. Shin|title=Post's 'Wok' Head No Joke to Asians|work=[[New York Daily News]]|date=April 22, 2006|access-date=June 7, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070308035513/http://www.nydailynews.com/04-22-2006/front/story/411080p-347724c.html|archive-date=March 8, 2007}}</ref>

In 2009, the ''Post'' ran a cartoon by [[Sean Delonas]] of a white police officer saying to another white police officer who has just shot a [[Common chimpanzee|chimpanzee]] on the street: "They'll have to find someone else to write the next [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009|stimulus bill]]." The cartoon dually referred to U.S. president Obama and to the recent rampage of [[Travis (chimpanzee)|Travis]], a former chimpanzee actor. It was criticized as [[racist]],<ref name=CNN021809c>Roland S. Martin, [http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/18/martin.cartoon/index.html Commentary: NY Post cartoon is racist and careless] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221083106/http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/18/martin.cartoon/index.html |date=February 21, 2009 }}, CNN, February 18, 2009, Accessed February 19, 2009.</ref> with civil rights activist [[Al Sharpton]] calling the cartoon "troubling at best given the historic racist attacks of African-Americans as being synonymous with monkeys."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090218/ap_en_ot/ny_post_cartoon|agency=[[Associated Press]]|title=NY Post cartoon of dead chimpanzee stirs outrage|date=February 18, 2009|access-date=February 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221191405/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090218/ap_en_ot/ny_post_cartoon|archive-date=February 21, 2009}}</ref>

The [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]] song "A Letter to the ''New York Post''" from their album ''[[Apocalypse '91...The Enemy Strikes Black]]'' is a complaint about what they believed to be negative and inaccurate coverage Black people received from the paper.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Christgau |first1=Robert |last2=Tate |first2=Greg |date=December 14, 2020 |title=Chuck D: All Over the Map |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2020/12/14/chuck-d-all-over-the-map/ |access-date=June 18, 2022 |website=The Village Voice |archive-date=January 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114133834/https://www.villagevoice.com/chuck-d-all-over-the-map/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2019, the ''Post'' displayed an image of the World Trade Center in flames targeting Rep. [[Ilhan Omar]], one of the first two Muslim women to serve in Congress. The image had been displayed due to Ms. Omar's widely criticized quote "Some people did something" which was viewed by many as insensitive and minimizing the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rosenberg |first1=Eli |title=A 'pure racist act': N.Y. Post slammed for using 9/11 to attack Rep. Omar over speech on Islamophobia |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/11/pure-racist-act-ny-post-slammed-using-attack-rep-omar-over-speech-islamophobia/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |language=en |access-date=April 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416061908/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/11/pure-racist-act-ny-post-slammed-using-attack-rep-omar-over-speech-islamophobia/ |archive-date=April 16, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Yemeni American Merchant Association announced a formal boycott of the paper and ten of the most prominent Yemeni [[Convenience store|bodega]] owners in New York agreed to stop selling the paper. As of June 2019, the boycott had extended to over 900 individual stores.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Weiss |first1=Ben |title=Yemeni Bodega Owners Are Making the 'Post' Feel the Pinch |url=https://indypendent.org/2019/06/yemeni-bodega-owners-are-making-the-post-feel-the-pinch/ |website=The Indypendent |access-date=July 22, 2019 |archive-date=January 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114133828/https://indypendent.org/2019/06/yemeni-bodega-owners-are-making-the-post-feel-the-pinch/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Yemeni-Americans own about half of the 10,000 bodegas in New York City.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goldbaum |first1=Christina |title=The New York Post Inspires Boycott With 9/11 Photo and Ilhan Omar Quote |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/14/nyregion/new-york-post-boycott.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 14, 2019 |access-date=April 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415185942/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/14/nyregion/new-york-post-boycott.html |archive-date=April 15, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Hunter Biden laptop story ===
{{further|Hunter Biden laptop controversy}}
On October 14, 2020, three weeks before the [[2020 United States presidential election]], the ''Post'' published a front-page story purporting to reveal "smoking gun" emails recovered from a [[laptop]] abandoned by [[Hunter Biden]] at a computer repair store in [[Wilmington, Delaware]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last1=Morris|first1=Emma-Jo|last2=Fonrouge|first2=Gabrielle|date=October 14, 2020|title=Smoking-gun email reveals how Hunter Biden introduced Ukrainian businessman to VP dad|url=https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/email-reveals-how-hunter-biden-introduced-ukrainian-biz-man-to-dad/|access-date=October 20, 2020|website=New York Post|language=en-US|archive-date=October 14, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201014112018/https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/email-reveals-how-hunter-biden-introduced-ukrainian-biz-man-to-dad/|url-status=live}}</ref> The only sources named in the story were Trump personal attorney [[Rudy Giuliani]] and strategy advisor [[Steve Bannon]].<ref name=":2" /> The story came under heavy criticism from other news sources and anonymous reporters at the ''Post'' itself for "flimsy" reporting, including questions about the reliability of its sourcing and the lack of outreach to either Hunter Biden or the [[Joe Biden]] campaign for pre-publication comment.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Benveniste|first=Alexis|date=October 18, 2020|title=The anatomy of the New York Post's dubious Hunter Biden story|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/18/media/new-york-post-hunter-biden-reliable/index.html|access-date=October 20, 2020|website=[[CNN]]|archive-date=January 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114133836/https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/18/media/new-york-post-hunter-biden-reliable/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sterne|first=Peter|date=October 18, 2020|title=New York Post Insiders Slag 'Very Flimsy' Hunter Biden Stories|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/10/new-york-post-insiders-slag-flimsy-hunter-biden-stories.html|access-date=October 20, 2020|website=[[New York (magazine)|New York Intelligencer]]|language=en-us|archive-date=October 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008124217/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/10/new-york-post-insiders-slag-flimsy-hunter-biden-stories.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 

In October 2020, over fifty former U.S. intelligence officials signed an open letter stating that they were "deeply suspicious that the Russian government played a significant role" in the story, but emphasized that "we do not know if the emails{{nbsp}}... are genuine or not and that we do not have evidence of Russian involvement."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bertrand|first=Natasha|date=October 19, 2020|title=Hunter Biden story is Russian disinfo, dozens of former intel officials say|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/19/hunter-biden-story-russian-disinfo-430276|access-date=October 20, 2020|website=[[Politico]]|language=en|archive-date=October 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020034222/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/19/hunter-biden-story-russian-disinfo-430276|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Sommer|first1=Will|last2=Ackerman|first2=Spencer|date=October 19, 2020|title=FBI Examining Hunter's Laptop As Foreign Op, Contradicting Trump's Intel Czar|language=en|work=[[The Daily Beast]]|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-examining-hunter-bidens-laptop-as-foreign-op-contradicting-john-ratcliffe-trumps-intel-czar|access-date=October 20, 2020|archive-date=November 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121060313/https://www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-examining-hunter-bidens-laptop-as-foreign-op-contradicting-john-ratcliffe-trumps-intel-czar|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Director of National Intelligence]] [[John Ratcliffe (American politician)|John Ratcliffe]] said during a [[Fox News]] interview that "the intelligence community doesn't believe that [the emails originated from Russian disinformation] because there is no intelligence that supports that." Ratcliffe, a Trump loyalist, had previously made public assertions that contradicted professional intelligence assessments.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Swanson|first=Ian|date=October 19, 2020|title=Ratcliffe, Schiff battle over Biden emails, politicized intelligence|url=https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/521712-ratcliffe-schiff-battle-over-biden-emails-politicized-intelligence|access-date=October 23, 2020|website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|language=en|archive-date=October 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022204342/https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/521712-ratcliffe-schiff-battle-over-biden-emails-politicized-intelligence|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=John Ratcliffe Pledged to Stay Apolitical. Then He Began Serving Trump's Political Agenda. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/09/us/politics/john-ratcliffe-intelligence.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 9, 2020 |author1=Julian E. Barnes |author2=Adam Goldman |access-date=April 8, 2022 |archive-date=April 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401035756/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/09/us/politics/john-ratcliffe-intelligence.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] took possession of the laptop in late 2019 and reported that they had "nothing to add" to Ratcliffe's remarks concerning Russian disinformation.<ref name="Goldman">{{Cite news|last=Goldman|first=Adam|date=October 22, 2020|title=What We Know and Don't About Hunter Biden and a Laptop|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/us/politics/hunter-biden-laptop.html|access-date=October 23, 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=October 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023000934/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/us/politics/hunter-biden-laptop.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported days after the ''Post'' story that "no concrete evidence has emerged that the laptop contains Russian disinformation." 

Amid mounting pressure, the FBI wrote to U.S. Senator [[Ron Johnson]], suggesting it had not found any Russian disinformation on the laptop. It was unclear what [[United States Department of Justice|Justice Department]] officials knew about the FBI investigation at the time.<ref name="Goldman" /> [[Fox News]] reported that the laptop was seized as part of an investigation into money laundering, but did not make clear if the investigation involved Hunter Biden.<ref name="Singman">{{Cite web|last=Singman|first=Brooke|date=October 21, 2020|title=Laptop connected to Hunter Biden linked to FBI money laundering probe|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/laptop-hunter-biden-linked-fbi-money-laundering-probe|access-date=October 23, 2020|website=[[Fox News]]|language=en-US|archive-date=January 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114134338/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/laptop-hunter-biden-linked-fbi-money-laundering-probe|url-status=live}}</ref> 

On December 9, 2020, ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported that investigators had initially examined possible money laundering by Hunter Biden but did not find evidence to justify further investigation.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/us/politics/hunter-biden-tax-investigation.html|title=Hunter Biden Discloses He Is Focus of Federal Tax Inquiry|first1=Adam|last1=Goldman|first2=Katie|last2=Benner|first3=Kenneth P.|last3=Vogel|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 10, 2020|access-date=February 18, 2021|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215004026/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/us/politics/hunter-biden-tax-investigation.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Following the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 election]], social media companies were criticized for allowing false political information to proliferate on their platforms, including from Russian intelligence, suggesting it may have assisted Trump's election.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Prokop |first=Andrew |date=March 25, 2022 |title=The return of Hunter Biden's laptop |url=https://www.vox.com/22992772/hunter-biden-laptop |access-date=March 28, 2022 |website=[[Vox (website)|Vox]] |language=en |quote=Meanwhile, social media companies were facing their own second-guessing about the 2016 election from outside critics and their own employees. Many argued that misinformation spreading unchecked (or algorithmically assisted) on these platforms, some circulated by Russia, helped Trump win. So they, like many journalists, hoped to do things differently should a similar situation arise in 2020. |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327135904/https://www.vox.com/22992772/hunter-biden-laptop |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Twitter]] and [[Facebook]] initially limited the spread of the 2020 ''Post'' story on their platforms, citing supposed policies restricting the sharing of hacked material and personal information; Twitter also temporarily suspended the ''Post''{{'s}} account. This decision proved controversial, with many critics, including Republican senator [[Ted Cruz]], deriding it as censorship.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Paul|first=Kari|date=October 15, 2020|title=Facebook and Twitter restrict controversial New York Post story on Joe Biden|url=http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/oct/14/facebook-twitter-new-york-post-hunter-biden|access-date=October 20, 2020|website=[[The Guardian]]|language=en|archive-date=January 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114134345/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/oct/14/facebook-twitter-new-york-post-hunter-biden|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|title=Facebook And Twitter Limit Sharing 'New York Post' Story About Joe Biden|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/10/14/923766097/facebook-and-twitter-limit-sharing-new-york-post-story-about-joe-biden|access-date=October 23, 2020|newspaper=[[NPR]]|date=October 14, 2020|language=en|last1=Bond|first1=Shannon|archive-date=October 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022234452/https://www.npr.org/2020/10/14/923766097/facebook-and-twitter-limit-sharing-new-york-post-story-about-joe-biden|url-status=live}}</ref> NPR reported that Twitter initially declined to comment how it reached this decision or what evidence it had supporting this.<ref name=":3" /> ''The New York Times'' initially reported that the story had been pitched to other outlets, including Fox News, which declined to publish it due to concerns over its reliability.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Robertson|first=Katie|date=October 18, 2020|title=New York Post Published Hunter Biden Report Amid Newsroom Doubts|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/18/business/media/new-york-post-hunter-biden.html|access-date=October 20, 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=October 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018214403/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/18/business/media/new-york-post-hunter-biden.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The ''Times'' also reported that two writers at the ''Post'' declined to have their names attached to the story, and ultimately the story only listed two bylines, Gabrielle Fonrouge, who "had little to do with the reporting or writing of the article" and was unaware of her byline prior to the story's publication, and Emma-Jo Morris, a former producer for [[Fox News]]'s ''[[Hannity]]'' who had no prior bylines with the ''Post''. 

In response to the concerns about the veracity of the article, retired ''Post'' editor-in-chief and current advisor [[Col Allan]] responded in an email to the ''New York Times'' that  "the senior editors at ''The Post'' made the decision to publish the Biden files after several days' hard work established its merit." Giuliani said he gave the story to the ''Post'' because "either nobody else would take it, or if they took it, they would spend all the time they could to try to contradict it before they put it out."<ref name=":1" /> The accuracy of the Hunter Biden laptop story resulted in increased scrutiny of Twitter and Facebook limiting the spread of the story by conservatives, who argued that their actions "proves Big Tech's bias".<ref name=":23"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=May 31, 2022 |title=Hunter Biden laptop confirmation proves Big Tech's bias |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/hunter-biden-laptop-confirmation-confirms-big-techs-bias |access-date=June 2, 2022 |website=Washington Examiner |language=en |archive-date=June 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612090708/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/hunter-biden-laptop-confirmation-confirms-big-techs-bias |url-status=live }}</ref>

On October 30, 2020, [[NBC News]] reported, "no evidence has emerged that the documents are the product of Russian disinformation, as some experts initially suggested, but many questions remain about how the materials got into the hands of Trump's lawyer [[Rudy Giuliani]], who had met with Russian agents in his effort to dig up dirt on Biden."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Here's why the media isn't reporting on the Hunter Biden emails|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/here-s-what-happened-when-nbc-news-tried-report-alleged-n1245533|access-date=November 6, 2020|website=[[NBC News]]|date=October 30, 2020|language=en|archive-date=October 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031002927/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/here-s-what-happened-when-nbc-news-tried-report-alleged-n1245533|url-status=live}}</ref> 

On March 15, 2021, [[CNN]] reported that Giuliani and other Trump allies met with Ukrainian lawmaker [[Andrii Derkach]], who the U.S. government later assessed was a longtime Russian intelligence agent, sanctioning him for distributing disinformation about Joe Biden.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Zachary Cohen, Marshall Cohen and Katelyn Polantz|title=US intelligence report says Russia used Trump allies to influence 2020 election with goal of 'denigrating' Biden|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/16/politics/us-election-intel-report/index.html|access-date=June 30, 2021|website=[[CNN]]|date=March 16, 2021|archive-date=March 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319003036/https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/16/politics/us-election-intel-report/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On March 27, 2022, ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' reported that no evidence had emerged "that the laptop's leak was a Russian plot."<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Prokop |first=Andrew |date=March 25, 2022 |title=The return of Hunter Biden's laptop |url=https://www.vox.com/22992772/hunter-biden-laptop |access-date=March 28, 2022 |website=[[Vox (website)|Vox]] |language=en |quote=no evidence has emerged to back up suspicions from former intelligence officials, backed by Biden himself, that the laptop's leak was a Russian plot. |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327135904/https://www.vox.com/22992772/hunter-biden-laptop |url-status=live }}</ref> In March 2022, ''The New York Times'' and ''The Washington Post'' confirmed that some of the emails were authentic.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Benner |first1=Katie |last2=Vogel |first2=Kenneth P. |last3=Schmidt |first3=Michael S. |date=March 16, 2022 |title=Hunter Biden Paid Tax Bill, but Broad Federal Investigation Continues |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/16/us/politics/hunter-biden-tax-bill-investigation.html |access-date=March 19, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323221959/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/16/us/politics/hunter-biden-tax-bill-investigation.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":12"/><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Timberg |first1=Craig |last2=Viser |first2=Matt |last3=Hamburger |first3=Tom |date=March 30, 2022 |title=Here's how The Post analyzed Hunter Biden's laptop |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/30/hunter-biden-laptop-data-examined/ |access-date=March 31, 2022 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |language=en |archive-date=March 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331011754/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/30/hunter-biden-laptop-data-examined/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In April 2022, the editorial board of ''The Washington Post'' wrote the Biden laptop story provided "an opportunity for a reckoning" by American media to ensure "accurate and relevant" stories are covered. They noted that:

{{blockquote|The investigation adds new details and confirms old ones about the ways in which Joe Biden's family has profited from trading overseas on his name—something for which the president deserves criticism for tacitly condoning. What it does not do, despite some conservatives' insistence otherwise, is prove that President Biden acted corruptly.<ref name="Board_4/3/2022">{{cite news |author=Editorial Board |date=April 3, 2022 |title=The Hunter Biden story is an opportunity for a reckoning |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/03/hunter-biden-story-is-an-opportunity-reckoning/ |access-date=May 22, 2022 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |archive-date=April 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415193417/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/03/hunter-biden-story-is-an-opportunity-reckoning/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}}

On April 28, 2022, [[Joan Donovan]], the research director of the [[Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy]] at [[Harvard University]], said that "This is arguably the most well-known story the ''New York Post'' has ever published and it endures as a story because it was initially suppressed by social media companies and jeered by politicians and pundits alike".<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=Tiffany |first=Kaitlyn |date=April 28, 2022 |title=Why Hunter Biden's Laptop Will Never Go Away |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/04/tech-companies-suppressed-biden-laptop/629680/ |access-date=June 2, 2022 |website=[[The Atlantic]] |language=en |archive-date=July 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711205452/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/04/tech-companies-suppressed-biden-laptop/629680/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===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>