PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS:

● Shot:

Why did The Post single out these four outlets and not, say, Variety or CBS News? The three journalists said no explanation had been given, but they added that the reason did not have to be detailed. CNN, MSNBC, The Washington Post and The Times are seen as liberal within the Murdoch empire, which is home to Fox News and Fox Business, cable networks that were instrumental to the rise of President Trump. To publish articles based on the work of those organizations would not fit The Post’s right-leaning identity, the journalists said.

New York Post to Staff: Stay Away From CNN, MSNBC, New York Times and Washington Post, the New York Times, yesterday.

● Chaser: Is The New York Times a Liberal Newspaper? Of course it is.

—Daniel Okrent, the New York Times, July 25th, 2004.