[forapurpose]

> The NYT has lost a great deal of trust from it's readers in recent years

We need some evidence of the level of trust and its change over time. I've read such things about the NY Times since I first learned of its existence. It seems to be the nature of journalism, telling people uncomfortable, undesirable things about red-hot issues.

[soundwave106]

The NYT's digital subscriptions have been increasing steadily for quite some time [1], and while their print subscription has fallen by approximately half since 2001 [2][3], they have more digital subscribers now (2.5 million) [4] then they had papers in circulation in 2001 (1.1 million for the weekly, 1.7 million for Sunday) [2].

That doesn't seem to suggest that the NYT has lost trust from all of its readers, to be honest.

[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/315041/new-york-times-co... [2] http://s1.q4cdn.com/156149269/files/doc_financials/annual/20... [3] http://s1.q4cdn.com/156149269/files/doc_financials/annual/20... [4] https://www.recode.net/2017/11/1/16592340/new-york-times-goa...

[mancerayder]

Now this isn't specific to the NYT, but the NYT has absolutely been guilty of sensationalism: https://medium.com/the-mission/the-enemy-in-our-feeds-e86511...

That's different than uncomfortable challenging, comfort zones and so forth. Here we see misleading headlines to drive traffic.

Next, I lean left and yet found the NYT obsessively copycatting Democratic institutional thinking: supporting corrupt NY Mayors, relentlessly defending lost Presidential candidates despite nefarious behaviors, and in years past as Chomsky demonstrates, beating the drums of war in foreign policy. I found them obsessing over race and gender divides, even if it meant eclipsing greater threats. Transgender policy and statues, in. Redistribution of wealth to the rich... too complicated to obsess over.

They've run negative coverage on people I admire, like Chomsky and Sanders, because those buck the trends within a fractured Left.

Next, I live in NY and find their local coverage heavily biased with stories of the idle rich. I'd love to send examples of this, but I'm pretty sure I have one article left to read this month.

I pay for a 15 dollar a month, Kindle subscription to the Financial Times because of the thoughtful, in-depth analysis, sometimes with multiple viewpoints in different articles on one topic, and a FAR less American-centric information resource. When it comes to politics, being culturally myopic is a sin that the NYT is in my unhumble opinion guilty of.

[forapurpose]

I know about Chomsky's criticisms and those accusations. I'm not commenting on their accuracy; I'm saying they are old news. The question is, do we have data showing that the level of trust has changed recently, or even what that level is?