By Michael Moline | Editor in Chief
“We counted 72 recent errors where the company admitted in its own correction column in a very single coverage area in just eight months. All pro-Hamas-style reporting that had to be clawed back as incorrect.” — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier
Photo of copy of NY Times on Sept. 23, 2026. (Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida Phoenix)
AG James Uthmeier claims anti-Israel bias by the paper threatens the value of the state’s stock in the company. Florida holds 161, 375 shares of Times stock on behalf of 1.2 million members and beneficiaries. The Times promises a fight: “Although it is positioned as a corporate governance petition to inspect the company’s books and records, it is a transparent attempt to exert agenda-driven pressure against an independent media organization, level false allegations of bias and chill journalism protected by the First Amendment. We will defend against the suit vigorously.”
COMMENTARY
Possible development in the 1,300-acre Sand Hill Scout Reservation could threaten more than the peace and quiet in Hernando County — it could endanger the Floridan Aquifer, source of Florida’s drinking water, columnist Craig Pittman writes. The limestone underfoot is riddled with spectacular caves that drew divers from across the world but now the scouts have closed them to the public. The reserve was given to the scouts by Larry DiePolder, the son of a lighthouse keeper who became a World War I pilot, a boat builder and racer, and cattleman, who specified that if the scouts no longer wanted the property it should go to the county for safekeeping. Now the scouts say they aren’t bound by his wishes. “I’m no marketing expert. But it seems to me that if your only public comment is, ‘We know people think this looks bad, but it’s perfectly legal!’ then you’ve lost the PR war,” Pittman writes.
The guide includes details about the races for governor, chief financial officer, agriculture commissioner, attorney general, U.S. Senate, and various congressional and legislative races, as well as the three constitutional amendments on the ballot and the sole Florida Supreme Court justice up for retention.
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