The New York Times has a long history of selectively praising undercover journalists. If those undercover journalists reveal information which fits the Times’ preferred narrative — such as exposing oil companies or the meat industry — the Times’ accepts the undercover work without hesitation. But if undercover journalists reveal something the Times doesn’t like — such as Planned Parenthood’s treatment of aborted baby parts or anything making mainstream media outlets look bad — they insist the videos are “deceptive” or illegally obtained.
This difference was recently highlighted by the Times’ fawning feature story about undercover tapes produced by Greenpeace’s “journalism” arm Unearthed. The tapes purport to show a lobbyist for Exxon describing how the oil and gas company had sought out certain U.S. senators in an effort to fight President Biden’s climate agenda.
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