Key Points
Activists swarmed The New York Times office, calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and scattered copies of dummy newspaper "The New York Crimes"..
Activists on Thursday (local time) swarmed the office of The New York Times and occupied its atrium, alleging media bias towards Israel in its coverage of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war..
Thousands of protesters chanted slogans against Israel's bombardments on Gaza as they marched through Midtown Manhattan before reaching The New York Times office..
Around 5 pm (local time), a small group of people led by media activists, who called themselves "Writers Bloc" entered The New York Times' lobby with a banner calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, The Associated Press reported...
Meanwhile, The New York Times said its journalists did not have any advance knowledge of Hamas's attack on Israel on October 7 or that they accompanied Hamas terrorists was "untrue and outrageous"..
