These media sources are moderately to strongly biased toward liberal causes through story selection and/or political affiliation. ?They may utilize strong loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using an appeal to emotion or stereotypes), publish misleading reports, and omit information that may damage liberal causes. Some sources in this category may be untrustworthy.
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- Overall, we rate New York Magazine Left Biased based on wording and story selection that mostly favors the left. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing of information and correcting a known failed fact check.
Detailed Report
Bias Rating:
LEFT
Factual Reporting:
HIGH
Country:
USA
Press Freedom Rank:
MOSTLY FREE
Media Type:
Magazine
Traffic/Popularity:
High Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating:
HIGH CREDIBILITY
History
Founded in 1968, New York Magazine is an American
bi-weekly
magazine featuring politics, New York City life, culture, finance, entertainment, fashion, and food. New York Magazine is based in New York City. New York Media is the parent company that features digital brands including
Vulture
(movies, TV, music), The Cut (style-and-culture), Grub Street (food and restaurants), The Strategist (shopping), and New York (news and politics). NYmag.com serves as a portal for these websites, with some having their own independent URLs.
Graphic Artists
Milton Glaser
?and journalist
Clay Felker
founded New York Magazine, which Rupert Murdoch eventually acquired?in 1976.
In 2003, the Wall Street investment banker Bruce Wasserstein?
acquired
New York Magazine for $55 million and brought Adam Moss in as its editor. NYM has earned many National Magazine Awards under his leadership. In 2009, after Bruce Wasserstein’s
death
, his daughter Pamela Wasserstein became the company’s chief executive officer and ran it through a family trust. ?In January 2019, Pam Wasserstein announced that
David Haskell
would succeed Adam Moss as editor-in-chief of the company; also, New York Media has named
Avi Zimak
as its new chief revenue officer and publisher. Zimak takes over for Larry Burstein.
Read our profile on the United States government and media.
Funded by / Ownership
New York Magazine is owned by
Vox Media,
a digital publishing network founded by?
Jerome Armstrong
, Tyler Bleszinski, and?
Markos Moulitsas
?and based in?Washington, D.C. According to a?
Nieman Labs
article, Vox Media had eight editorial brands and a custom advertising division. These are (sports-focused) SB Nation, (tech site)
The Verge
, (real estate blog) Curbed, (food and nightlife) Eater, (technology news) Racked, (news hub)?
Vox
,?and (technology business)?
Recode
. However, in 2019 they merged with New York Media, adding The Cut,
Vulture
, and others. Further, a New York Times
article
dated 2015 states that NBC Universal, which Comcast owns, invested $200 Million in Vox Media.? NYM is subscription-based
?and serves online advertising.
Analysis / Bias
In review, New York Magazine publishes articles with emotionally loaded headlines such as
“Trump Likely to Accept Defeat on Wall Funding ? and Claim He’ll Get His Money Elsewhere
,”
?“
The Green New Deal Is a Bad Idea, Not Just a Botched Rollout”
?and
“ AOC Thinks Concentrated Wealth Is Incompatible With Democracy. So Did Our Founders.”
NYM typically utilizes credible sources such as the
Washington Post,
Bloomberg
,
NY Times
,
Marketwatch,
The Hill
, and
Politico
.
Editorially, NYM does not publish many political op-eds; however, when they do, they almost always favor the left, such as this:
Limbaugh Pretty Sure That?
The Late Show
’s New Hire Means Civil War
. Further, NYM does not endorse political candidates.
Failed Fact Checks
Overall, we rate New York Magazine Left Biased based on wording and story selection that mostly favors the left. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing of information and correcting a known failed fact check.
(5/13/2016) Updated (M. Huitsing 7/27/2019) Updated (12/18/2022)
Source:?
http://nymag.com/