Winked focused on the paper’s misguided, sometimes malign coverage of historical events, wars and the rise of dictatorial leaders, from Adolf Hitler in Germany and Joseph Stalin in Russia to Vietnam and the Iraq War, under the auspices of the Ochs-Sulzberger family who have run the paper since 1896. While one of the Times’ most common charges against former President Donald Trump was his alleged soft spot for authoritarian leaders like Putin, the Times historically has shown a similar soft spot for dictators, as richly documented in Ashley Rindsberg’s book The Gray Lady Winked(published under his own imprint, Midnight Oil).
But the Times hasn’t always aligned against history’s dictators and strongmen. As Russia wages unilateral war on Ukraine, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is rightly seen by most everyone as a malign force, including the New York Times.
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