The New York Times Is Using the 'Truth' to Pitch Itself Against Facebook and Google

One exec touts its content as safe for brands

If you thought The New York Times’ ad campaign featuring the tagline, “Truth. It’s more important than ever,” has been all about defending itself against President Trump’s “fake news” attacks, think again. Facebook and Google are also in the Times’ crosshairs.

“We believe that we’ve got a very credible story, not just about the importance of journalism, but about why journalism is a relationship with people,” said NYT CEO Mark Thompson, speaking to a few hundred marketers packed into Midtown Manhattan’s Times Center this morning for the first of two weeks’ worth of NewFronts events.

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