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open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/10/opinion/the-times-is-now-illiberal-wrong-way-to-sa…

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13 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The New York Times’ own Diversity and Inclusion Reports “divide all employees into two crude categories — ‘people of color’ (good) and ‘whites and unspecified’ (meh).”
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The 2024 New York Times Diversity and Inclusion Report explicitly defines 'people of color' as all ethnicities excluding 'white and unspecified'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Within our data, "people of color" is defined as all ethnicities excluding white and unspecified. Leadership accounts for approximately 15 percent of the total employee population, and roughly equates…
https://www.nytco.com/2024-new-york-times-diversity-and-incl…
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web search NEUTRAL — 2022 New York Times Diversity and Inclusion Report Making The Times a more diverse, equitable and inclusive place to work continues to be core to our strategy and a top priority for our company. For t…
https://www.nytco.com/2022-new-york-times-diversity-and-incl…
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web search NEUTRAL — The New York Times is an independent news organization with the mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world. We believe we can most successfully fulfill that mission with a diverse …
https://www.nytco.com/2023-new-york-times-diversity-and-incl…
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“a 2021 management Call To Action boasts of the surge in non-white hirings and promotions”
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The provided web results are entirely irrelevant, discussing Microsoft Office 2021 instead of New York Times management documents.
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web search NEUTRAL — Buy Office Professional 2021 for Windows or Mac. A one-time purchase gets you Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for lifetime use. Licensed for home or commercial use. Digital download from Microsoft Store.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/office-professional-2021/c…
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web search NEUTRAL — Buy Office Professional 2021 for Windows or Mac. A one-time purchase gets you Word, Excel and PowerPoint for lifetime use. Licensed for home or commercial use. Digital download from Microsoft Store.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/d/office-professional-2021/c…
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web search NEUTRAL — Download the latest version of Microsoft Office for Windows PCs. Microsoft Office provides the best experience for work, creation, and collaboration.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/download-offic…
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“New Jersey calls itself the “diner capital of the world,””
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Multiple sources, including nj.com and a 2026 list of classic diners, refer to New Jersey as the 'Diner Capital of the World' or 'diner capital of the country'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.
https://news.google.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — View the latest news and breaking news today for U.S., world, weather, entertainment, politics and health at CNN.com.
https://www.cnn.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Go to NBCNews.com for breaking news, videos, and the latest top stories in world news, business, politics, health and pop culture.
https://www.nbcnews.com/
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“100 [diners] have “shuttered in the past decade””
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While sources mention that diners have closed and abandoned, none of the provided evidence specifies the number '100' in the past decade.
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web search NEUTRAL — New Jersey is the diner capital of the country; there's no doubt about that, but the diner scene in Jersey is always changing.I know this isn't a comprehensive list, so let me know what should be adde…
https://1057thehawk.com/closed-nj-diners/
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web search NEUTRAL — My Top 10 NJ Diners (Out of 100 Reviews): Victoria Diner *Read my Review Here 250 Route 206 North, Branchville, NJ (Sussex County) Why it Makes the Top Ten: When you hear that a diner is known for the…
https://newjerseyisntboring.com/nj-diners-top-10/
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web search NEUTRAL — About 600 diners cover New Jersey’s landscape — more than in any other state. As the Diner Capital of the World, the New Jersey has a storied history of these local restaurants. But some of the Garden…
https://www.nj.com/news/2023/06/these-abandoned-nj-diners-st…
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“state lawmakers offer a bill that “provides up to a $25,000 tax credit for eligible diners and exempts them from having to charge state sales tax (of around 7 percent) on prepared foods,””
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The provided search results discuss Washington state taxes and sports betting fees in NJ, but do not mention a $25,000 tax credit for diners.
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web search NEUTRAL — Each proposed state millionaire’s tax is slightly different in whom it taxes and how much, but legislators in all these states cite Trump’s tax cuts for millionaires and the administration’s cuts to s…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/03/washington-state-mi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Which States Have the Lowest Sales Tax? - Investopedia.
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/11241…
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web search NEUTRAL — Two New Jersey lawmakers are proposing a fee on sports betting that would go to the professional sports leagues. Atlantic County State Sen.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/darrenheitner/2014/09/24/new-je…
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“the Garden State is badly in need of real tax reform... ranked as the fifth-worst state in the country for small businesses in WalletHub’s 2026 report.”
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The WalletHub results provided discuss working moms and happiest states, but do not mention a 2026 report ranking NJ as the fifth-worst state for small businesses.
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web search NEUTRAL — Read WalletHub's full 2021 ranking of the happiest and unhappiest states.
https://wallethub.com/edu/happiest-states/6959
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web search NEUTRAL — New England claimed 5 of the top 6 spots in the rankings, with only nearby New Jersey breaking them up. Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island took the top three positions in the WalletHub surve…
https://www.fox13news.com/news/mothers-day-2026-best-worst-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ranking EVERY State in the United States from WORST to BEST! We Ranked the Top 10 Best AND Worst States to live in America so you know where to move to!
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“US health-care costs have grown “three times as fast as inflation” since 2000”
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One opinion piece explicitly states that hospital prices have grown three times as fast as inflation since 2000, but other results are general inflation data.
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web search NEUTRAL — Health Care Inflation (1948-2026).Current U.S. Inflation Rates (2000-2026). The annual inflation rate in the United States was 2.4% for the 12 months ending February, the same as previously, according…
https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/current-infl…
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web search NEUTRAL — Since 2000, prices at hospitals have grown faster than prices in virtually any other sector of the economy. They have grown three times as fast as inflation and twice as fast as prescription drugs and…
https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2026/05/06/opinion…
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web search NEUTRAL — Free inflation calculator that runs on U.S. CPI data or a custom inflation rate. Also, find the historical U.S. inflation data and learn more about inflation.
https://www.calculator.net/inflation-calculator.html
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“including 1,300 [hospital mergers] these past 25 years alone”
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Two independent sources (an opinion piece and a report citing expert Zack Cooper, PhD) confirm there have been more than 1,300 hospital mergers since 2000.
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web search NEUTRAL — Hospitals in the United States earn $29,000 on average for a replacement covered by private insurance and $16,000 for one covered by Medicare .Since 2000, there have been more than 1,300 hospital merg…
https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2026/05/06/opinion…
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web search NEUTRAL — Since 2000, there have been more than 1,300 hospital mergers among the nation’s approximately 5,000 hospitals, notes the expert, Zack Cooper, PhD, who also leads Yale’s Healthcare Affordability Lab as…
https://healthexec.com/topics/healthcare-management/healthca…
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web search NEUTRAL — Many hospital mergers over the past year have involved a party struggling financially. Some mega mergers could be in the works over the coming year as well.Hospital merger activity has risen in each o…
https://www.chiefhealthcareexecutive.com/view/expect-more-ho…
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“the “bureaucrats who run the FDA, from Commissioner Marty Makary on down,” are blocking publication of studies showing “the Covid vaccine is perfectly safe,””
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“the Trump Labor Department “has done remarkable work advancing transparency when it comes to how $11 billion per year in union dues are spent”
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“a new visualization tool that “provides union members and the public alike with a simple way to see how union dues are spent,””
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“the SEIU in 2023 “spent nearly as much on partisan political activities as it did on protecting workers.””
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“Polls show 85% of Americans want clear disclosure on how dues are spent”
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