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Florida pension board sues New York Times over coverage records

By Drooid · Sep 25, 2026, 2:44 AM UTC · How we work

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Florida Board Sues NYT

Florida’s State Board of Administration sued The New York Times’ parent in New York County Supreme Court.
The National Center for Public Policy Research filed the suit seeking internal Israel-Hamas war coverage records covering a four-month period.
A Jewish former video-desk employee whistleblowed, reporting antisemitism and anti-Israel bias 15 times from 2019 to March 2026.
The filing says leadership knew of complaints but took no corrective action, prompting the whistleblower to request anonymity.

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Attorney General urges compliance

Florida SBA, which holds 161,375 New York Times shares, filed a lawsuit enforcing fiduciary duties.
Attorney General James Uthmeier said the case compels the newspaper to meet shareholder obligations.
The suit cites 72 Times errors that the paper admitted had occurred during an eight-month period, all involving pro-Hamas reporting.
A U.S. district court awarded the Times its first defamation loss of $9 in more than 50 years.
Charlie Stadtlander called the lawsuit an agenda-driven effort to chill journalism.

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Historical Context

Supreme Court’s 1964 ruling in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, sparked by a 1960 civil-rights ad and a $500,000 verdict against Montgomery police commissioner L. B. Sullivan, created the “actual-malice” bar for public-official defamation. That precedent now underpins Florida’s State Board of Administration and Attorney General James Uthmeier’s lawsuit against the Times for alleged pro-Hamas bias.

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Florida Board Sues NYT

Florida’s State Board of Administration sued The New York Times’ parent in New York County Supreme Court.
The National Center for Public Policy Research filed the suit seeking internal Israel-Hamas war coverage records covering a four-month period.
A Jewish former video-desk employee whistleblowed, reporting antisemitism and anti-Israel bias 15 times from 2019 to March 2026.
The filing says leadership knew of complaints but took no corrective action, prompting the whistleblower to request anonymity.

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