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Post Editorial Board. (2026, November 3). The New York Times rushes to apologize for its outbreak of journalism. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/11/02/opinion/the-new-york-times-apologizes-for-its-outbreak-of-journalism/
Post Editorial Board. “The New York Times rushes to apologize for its outbreak of journalism.” New York Post, 3 Nov. 2026, https://nypost.com/2026/11/02/opinion/the-new-york-times-apologizes-for-its-outbreak-of-journalism/.
Post Editorial Board. “The New York Times rushes to apologize for its outbreak of journalism.” New York Post, November 3, 2026. https://nypost.com/2026/11/02/opinion/the-new-york-times-apologizes-for-its-outbreak-of-journalism/.
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As of November 3, 2026, The New York Times reported that Mary Peltola's campaign, running for the U.S. Senate seat in Alaska, was involved in recruiting another candidate named Dan Sullivan to confuse voters and potentially influence the outcome against incumbent Republican Senator Dan Sullivan. This effort included text messages between members of Peltola’s team discussing the strategy and preparing documents for a potential lawsuit related to ballot placement. The campaign reportedly worked with individuals trying to recruit an additional "Dan J. Sullivan," who is not actively campaigning but appears on the ballot alongside the incumbent. Election authorities in Alaska attempted to disqualify this second Dan Sullivan, but legal challenges prevented them from doing so. This strategy has drawn criticism from Republicans and raised concerns among voters about potential confusion at the polls.
The paper last month impressed its usual critics by tracking down damning details of how Democratic candidate Mary Peltola’s campaign recruited a strawman candidate sharing the same name as the Republican incumbent, a ploy that, in concert with the state’s ranked-choice-voting rules, could make her the winner even if more people meant to vote for the real Dan Sullivan.
Times readers on social media and in its comment section howled about this betrayal of their expectation that the paper of record will confirm all their biases, especially “Democrats good, Republicans evil” — offering “All the news that’s fit to think.”
That’s because Times readers expect “news” that confirms their prior beliefs and are outraged when anything in their beloved mirror challenges their prejudices.
“Reporting the news” became a quaint practice from the days before “our democracy” was threatened by . . . the exercise of democracy that yielded the “wrong” results.
