The New Yorker

== Fact-checking ==
In 1927, ''The New Yorker'' ran an article about [[Edna St. Vincent Millay]] that contained multiple factual errors, and her mother threatened to sue the publication for libel.<ref name="CJR Facts">{{Cite news |last=Dickey |first=Colin |date=Fall 2019 |title=The Rise and Fall of Facts |language=en |work=[[Columbia Journalism Review]] |url=https://www.cjr.org/special_report/rise-and-fall-of-fact-checking.php |url-status=dead |access-date=7 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207195717/https://www.cjr.org/special_report/rise-and-fall-of-fact-checking.php |archive-date=December 7, 2019}}</ref> Consequently, the magazine developed extensive [[fact-checking]] procedures, which became integral to its reputation as early as the 1940s.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Yagoda |first=Ben |url=https://archive.org/details/abouttown00beny/page/202 |title=About Town: The New Yorker and the World It Made |publisher=Da Capo Press |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-306-81023-7 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/abouttown00beny/page/202 202–3] |url-access=registration}}</ref> In 2019, the [[Columbia Journalism Review]] said that "no publication has been more consistently identified with its rigorous fact-checking".<ref name = "CJR Facts"/> As of 2010, it employs 16 fact-checkers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Silverman |first=Craig |date=April 9, 2010 |title=Inside the World's Largest Fact Checking Operation. A conversation with two staffers at Der Spiegel |url=https://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/inside_the_worlds_largest_fact.php?page=all |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224020224/http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/inside_the_worlds_largest_fact.php?page=all |archive-date=December 24, 2016 |access-date=September 27, 2020 |website=[[Columbia Journalism Review]]}}</ref>

At least two defamation lawsuits have been filed over articles published in the magazine, though neither were won by the plaintiff. Two 1983 articles by [[Janet Malcolm]] about [[Sigmund Freud]]'s legacy led to a lawsuit from writer [[Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson]], who claimed that Malcolm had fabricated quotes attributed to him.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Carmody |first=Deirdre |date=May 30, 1993 |title=Despite Malcolm Trial, Editors Elsewhere Vouch for Accuracy of Their Work |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE7D81030F933A05756C0A965958260 |url-status=live |access-date=February 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405142605/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/30/us/despite-malcolm-trial-editors-elsewhere-vouch-for-accuracy-of-their-work.html |archive-date=April 5, 2022}}</ref> After years of proceedings and appeals, a jury found in Malcolm's favor in 1994.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.robertboynton.com/articleDisplay.php?article_id=20%2F |last=Boynton |first=Robert |title=Till Press Do Us Part: The Trial of Janet Malcolm and Jeffrey Masson. |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] |date=November 28, 1994 |access-date=May 3, 2023 |archive-date=January 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109060722/http://www.robertboynton.com/articleDisplay.php?article_id=20%2F |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2010, [[David Grann]] wrote an article for the magazine about art expert [[Peter Paul Biro]] that scrutinized and expressed skepticism about Biro's stated methods to identify forgeries.<ref name="villagevoice.com">{{Cite news |last=Samaha |first=Albert |date=August 5, 2013 |title=Art Authenticator Loses Defamation Suit Against the New Yorker |work=[[The Village Voice]] Blog |url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2013/08/peter_paul_biro_loses_suit_new_yorker.php |url-status=dead |access-date=August 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111175347/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2013/08/peter_paul_biro_loses_suit_new_yorker.php |archive-date=January 11, 2015}}</ref> Biro sued ''The New Yorker'' for defamation, alongside multiple other news outlets that reported on the article, but the case was summarily dismissed.<ref name="villagevoice.com"/><ref>Julia Filip, [http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/07/01/37847.htm "Art Analyst Sues ''The New Yorker''"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712202854/http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/07/01/37847.htm |date=July 12, 2011 }} [[Courthouse News Service]] (July 1, 2011).</ref><ref name="adweek.com">Dylan Byers, [http://www.adweek.com/news/press/forensic-art-expert-sues-new-yorker-author-133109 "Forensic Art Expert Sues ''New Yorker'' – Author Wants $2 million for defamation over David Grann piece"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815030944/http://www.adweek.com/news/press/forensic-art-expert-sues-new-yorker-author-133109 |date=August 15, 2015 }}, ''[[Adweek]]'', June 30, 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/cases/show.php?db=special&id=312 11 Civ. 4442 (JPO) ''Peter Paul Biro v. ... David Grann ...''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203010028/http://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/cases/show.php?db=special&id=312 |date=February 3, 2016 }}, United States District Court – Southern District of New York</ref>