Pro-Palestinian Protesters Stage Sit-In at New York Times Building, Accuse Media of Pro-Israel Bias

Pro-Palestinian protesters staged a sit-in in the lobby of the New York Times building in Manhattan on Thursday, calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and accusing the news media of favoring Israel over Hamas.

The staged sit-in started around 5 p.m. Thursday, when a group called “Writers Bloc” led protesters in reading off a list of names of thousands of Palestinians who died in Gaza since the war began early last month, the Associated Press reported. Among those names included at least 36 journalists who lost their lives on the job since the October 7...