The day before the 2025 New York mayoral election, the New York Post published an article falsely claiming that a Muslim civil rights organization was one of the “single biggest backers” of Zohran Mamdani’s campaign. There was one problem: the claim was completely false, unsupported by the article’s own content, and legally impossible — civil rights nonprofits operating under 501(c)3 status are prohibited from donating to political campaigns.
After a formal demand letter was sent to the Post documenting the falsehood, the paper changed the story — quietly removing the false claim and correcting several additional errors, including the misidentification of an official and a false statement that no comment had been provided for the story.
It was the second time this year the Murdoch-owned outlet was forced to correct false anti-Muslim claims. Earlier in 2025, the Post had published — and later removed — the false assertion that the same organization had provided “financial” support to its legal client Mahmoud Khalil and to “anti-Israel agitators” on college campuses. The organization had represented Khalil and other students in a lawsuit against Columbia University. It never funded campus protests.
Two corrections in one year. Both involving false claims about Muslim organizations. Both published at politically charged moments — one during a high-profile deportation case, one on the eve of a mayoral election. The pattern is not subtle.
“Although the New York Post has a long history of spreading anti-Muslim bigotry, the paper turbocharged those efforts during the run-up to the 2025 mayoral election,” United Voices said. “Rupert Murdoch and the New York Post have every right to embrace anti-Muslim hate, but they do not have the right to blatantly and clumsily lie about American Muslim activists, politicians, or institutions.”
United Voices is documenting this pattern because media outlets that repeatedly publish false claims about Muslim communities — and correct them only under legal pressure — are not making honest mistakes. They are making editorial choices. And those choices have consequences: they shape public perception, influence voters, and create the kind of cultural environment in which anti-Muslim discrimination and violence flourish.
There is a fine line between bigotry and defamation. The New York Post has now crossed it twice. United Voices is watching, and so should everyone who cares about the integrity of American media.
The New York Post Had to Correct Its Anti-Muslim Smears — Twice. Rupert Murdoch’s Paper Has a Bigotry Problem.
The day before the 2025 New York mayoral election, the New York Post published an article falsely claiming that a Muslim civil rights organization was one of the “single biggest backers” of Zohran Mamdani’s campaign. There was one problem: the claim was completely false, unsupported by the article’s own content, and legally impossible — civil rights nonprofits operating under 501(c)3 status are prohibited from donating to political campaigns.
After a formal demand letter was sent to the Post documenting the falsehood, the paper changed the story — quietly removing the false claim and correcting several additional errors, including the misidentification of an official and a false statement that no comment had been provided for the story.
It was the second time this year the Murdoch-owned outlet was forced to correct false anti-Muslim claims. Earlier in 2025, the Post had published — and later removed — the false assertion that the same organization had provided “financial” support to its legal client Mahmoud Khalil and to “anti-Israel agitators” on college campuses. The organization had represented Khalil and other students in a lawsuit against Columbia University. It never funded campus protests.
Two corrections in one year. Both involving false claims about Muslim organizations. Both published at politically charged moments — one during a high-profile deportation case, one on the eve of a mayoral election. The pattern is not subtle.
“Although the New York Post has a long history of spreading anti-Muslim bigotry, the paper turbocharged those efforts during the run-up to the 2025 mayoral election,” United Voices said. “Rupert Murdoch and the New York Post have every right to embrace anti-Muslim hate, but they do not have the right to blatantly and clumsily lie about American Muslim activists, politicians, or institutions.”
United Voices is documenting this pattern because media outlets that repeatedly publish false claims about Muslim communities — and correct them only under legal pressure — are not making honest mistakes. They are making editorial choices. And those choices have consequences: they shape public perception, influence voters, and create the kind of cultural environment in which anti-Muslim discrimination and violence flourish.
There is a fine line between bigotry and defamation. The New York Post has now crossed it twice. United Voices is watching, and so should everyone who cares about the integrity of American media.