NEW YORKERS: What political leaning does the New York Post & New York Times have?

Question

What are these two publications - Republican, Democrat. Do they lean to the left or the right.

Were they pro- Iraq war or against it?

And what is their position on Iraq now?

Thanks for your help. (I'm in England)

Answer 1

I now live in Arizona, but will answer this question along with anyone else, as the New York Times is America's 'paper of record'. The NYT has a readership and influence that far outdistances the New York City area; indeed, its influence ranges worldwide.

The Post plays to a more working class readership; the actual leanings of Post personnel I do not know. The Times is and has been so avowedly liberal that it is of late taking surveys of its readership in an effort to determine how narrowed its demographic has become. I won't pick at your respondent who wrote that the Times is "independent", but I and the rest of America will have a laugh.

The problem with the Times being liberal was formerly no problem at all. The editorial page has been skipped by readers for years because of the predictability of its stance. The rest of the paper was (& still sometimes is) the very best paper in America. In past years, however, the liberal bias has come to infect even articles that one would think immune from bias, to such a degree that the once-great paper's credibility is being squandered in needless polemic.  

Answer 2

They are PRO the Democratic party.

The very much lean to the Left

They were for it & then Against it.

Depends on who's asking

Answer 3

The NY Post tends to favor the Republican party. The NY Times in my opinion is independent.

Answer 4

They are the equivalent of the Daily Mirror and the Socialist Worker.