New York Times Breaks Its Own Rules by Telling the Truth—Then Scrambles to Apologize

A Rare Outbreak of Journalism—and Instant Backpedaling This week, the New York Times stumbled into doing its actual job—reporting verifiable facts—and promptly set off a meltdown among its own readers and staff. In a rare outbreak of journalism, the Times revealed that Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani lied on his Columbia University application by claiming to be Black. For an audience groomed to worship identity politics, this disclosure was tantamount to sacrilege. And rather than standing by the truth, the Times decided it needed to grovel. The paper published a humiliating statement from Patrick Healy, its assistant managing editor for Standards and Trust, to reassure traumatized readers that the story was somehow justifiable. Healy’s explanation was as pathetic as it…