![]() ![]() But as dynasties often do, this dynasty began with a grand noble vision and then devolved as following generations put the “nasty” in “dynasty”: maintaining the power, prestige, and money that the dynasty afforded-even if it involved means that betrayed the founding vision. ![]() When Adolf Och became the Times' controlling shareholder in 1896, he expressed noble aims of impartiality and kept his promise. ![]() For more than a century, the paper has been a patriarchal dynasty, passed down from father to son to grandson to great-grandson and so on. The paper was the gold standard of the American free press.īut so much has transpired in the decades between its origins and the current day that casts serious doubt on whether the reputation of yore holds true. The Times’ willingness to print the unvarnished truth justly earned it the reputation of journalistic integrity. Beyond mere politics or ideology, the Times, like the 16th president, understood that the soul of the nation was at stake, and reported boldly and impartially. It was off to an illustrious start when it reported military victories during the Civil War where other papers did not. The paper has had “All the News That’s Fit to Print” typed out across the front page of each day’s paper since 1897, and the news outlet has been in operation since 1851. The New York Times is the best-selling paper in the world. ![]()
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