New York Times Writers Deceived Readers in Stories About Project Veritas: Court

The New York Times building is seen in New York City on April 15, 2020. Chung I Ho/The Epoch Times

Writers for the New York Times spread deceptive claims about the nonprofit journalism group Project Veritas, a judge ruled this week.

In stories from 2020 about Project Veritas videos, writers Maggie Astor and Tiffany Hsu inserted sentences that were opinions despite the articles being billed as news, New York Supreme Court Justice Charles Wood said.