Delhi education system report based on impartial, on-the-ground reporting: New York Times

“Journalism from The New York Times is always independent, free from political or advertiser influence,” says NYT's external communications director Nicole Tylor

Updated - August 19, 2022 11:20 pm IST - New Delhi

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia at a classroom in Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya, Delhi Cantonment. A report in the New Yoprk Times triggered a war of words between the BJP and the AAP after the CBI searched the residence of Mr. Sisodia. File

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia at a classroom in Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya, Delhi Cantonment. A report in the New Yoprk Times triggered a war of words between the BJP and the AAP after the CBI searched the residence of Mr. Sisodia. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu

The New York Times story on Delhi's education system was based on "an impartial and on-the-ground reporting", the American newspaper said on Friday, rejecting the paid news charge.

The report triggered a war of words between the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party after the CBI raided the residence of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who also holds the education and excise portfolios, on August 19 in connection with alleged irregularities in the framing and implementation of the AAP's government's excise policy.

The Aam Aadmi Party said the Narendra Modi government sent the CBI to Mr. Sisodia's home after The New York Times carried a positive story on the Delhi model of education, and the BJP hit back saying it was a "paid" article.

Requested for a clarification on the matter, the NYT's external communications director Nicole Tylor told PTI in an email, "Our report about efforts to improve Delhi's education system is based on impartial, on-the-ground reporting." She said education is an issue that The New York Times has covered over many years.

“Journalism from The New York Times is always independent, free from political or advertiser influence,” she added.

On the charge that the same story was also published by the Khaleej Times, Ms. Tylor clarified, "Other news outlets routinely license and republish our coverage." On August 18, The New York Times published the story, titled 'Our children are worth it', in the front page of its international edition, highlighting the “broader transformation of Delhi's education system” during the Aam Aadmi Party regime and noting that “the overhaul of the public schools in the capital of India has students clamouring to enroll".

Along with the story, the NYT published a picture of Mr. Sisodia with three girl students of Delhi government schools, with the caption, "Manish Sisodia, the Delhi education minister, started the overhaul by making surprise visits to schools. Now other states in India are pushing to adopt the Delhi model."

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