Contact: Sarah Schaerr Norton, Accuracy in Media, 202-364-4401 ext. 107, sarah.schaerr@aim.org

WASHINGTON, October 8 /Standard Newswire/ -- Accuracy in Media announced today the launch of its new website, Boycott The New York Times (www.BoycottNYT.com). AIM, which has monitored The New York Times for nearly 40 years, is encouraging news consumers to boycott the most powerful media voice in America to protest its persistent leftist bias.

"The Times has, over the course of decades, blatantly distorted the news to advance an ideological agenda," notes Don Feder, the editor of the Boycott The New York Times website. "The Times' persistent bias is reflected in its double standard in coverage of liberals and conservatives, its misreporting of election news, the hidden assumptions that underlie news stories and in the palpable imbalance in commentary. While The Times is notorious for editorials thinly disguised as 'news coverage,' during a presidential election, its fangs really come out."

Feder added, "When a company manufactures dangerously defective products, despite repeated warnings, consumer advocates have both a right and a duty to organize a boycott. The Times is manufacturing a product ('news coverage'), which is both defective and dangerous. By boycotting The New York Times, we are refusing to do business with a company that is undermining our values, our society and our nation."

AIM's Boycott The New York Times campaign includes the BoycottNYT.com website, articles and commentary, and a petition whose signers pledge to boycott The Times – both print and online editions – as well as New York Times advertisers.

In the past, media watchdog groups have monitored and protested The Times' bias. This is the first organized boycott of The New York Times.

About Don Feder:

Don Feder is the editor of Boycott The New York Times. For 19 years, Feder was a Boston Herald editorial writer and political columnist. His column was nationally syndicated by Creator's Syndicate, and his writings have appeared in USA TODAY, The Wall Street Journal, National Review, The Weekly Standard, Readers Digest and Human Events. Feder has appeared on "The O'Reilly Factor," "Hannity and Colmes," "Politically Incorrect," "The 700 Club," "Focus On The Family with Dr. James Dobson" and "Fox & Friends." His columns have been read on the air by Rush Limbaugh, Dr. Laura and Michael Savage.

About Accuracy in Media:

Accuracy in Media is a citizens' media watchdog organization whose mission is to promote fairness, balance, and accuracy in news reporting. Founded in 1969, AIM is the oldest non-profit press watchdog group in America. For more information, please visit www.aim.org.

To arrange an interview with Don Feder or another AIM representative, contact Sarah Schaerr Norton at (202) 364-4401 ext. 107 or sarah.schaerr@aim.org.