Readers accused the newspaper of printing an oddly-shaped crossword pattern on Hanukkah
Some readers of the New York Times were perplexed by a crossword puzzle in the Sunday edition of the paper that appeared to be shaped like a swastika. Adding insult to injury in the minds of some was the fact that the puzzle was printed on the first day of Hanukkah
Several public figures went on Twitter to draw public attention to the controversial layout and ask the newspaper of record how such an oversight made it to print on the day that one of Judaism’s most important holidays begins.
Donald Trump Jr., the son of former President Donald Trump, chimed in to claim that the outrage in the US would have been much bigger if an outlet “not ideologically aligned” with the readership of the Times had published it.
Subscribers of the newspaper traditionally lean left, with nine in ten people naming it as their main news source identifying as Democrats, Pew Research…
