Headline Roundup • April 11th, 2025
Daily Mail and NYT Split on Subway Crime After Corpse Allegedly Violated on NYC Train
Summary from the AllSides News Team
A suspect is wanted for having sex with the corpse of a homeless man on the southbound R-train around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday in New York City.
The Details: The deceased passed away a few hours earlier due to natural causes. Police believe the suspect did not know the victim. The story was more widely covered on X than by legacy media.
NYT Coverage: The New York Times (Lean Left bias) displayed slant, noting, “New York’s subways have been the subject of debate, with politicians using them to paint the city as out of control and dangerous to residents and visitors.” It added that although the Trump administration's transportation secretary has linked crime in the city to poor governance, “major crimes in the subways, including robberies and felony assaults, declined 18 percent from Jan. 1 through March 31, to the second-lowest level in nearly three decades,” and “there were no murders during the same period for the first time in seven years.”
Daily Mail Coverage: The Daily Mail (Right) slanted its coverage in the opposite direction, saying, “In just 2024 alone, the city's transit system recorded 10 murders - double the number from the previous year. From 1997 to 2019, the subway system never recorded more than five murders in a single year.” It added quotes from city residents who fear riding the subway.
Why The Difference?: Most major cities, including New York City, are governed by Democrats and attract more liberal residents. Republicans often campaign on providing law and order, contrasting high-crime cities.
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Featured Coverage of this Story
A man is accused of a heinous crime in the New York City subway.
According to police, the suspect is wanted for having sex with the corpse of a homeless man on a southbound R train in the vicinity of the Whitehall St subway station in Lower Manhattan just before 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday.
He is wanted for sexual misconduct. Investigators said he is not believed to have known the victim.
Demetrius Freeman/The New York Times
The police were searching on Thursday for a man investigators believed violated a dead man Wednesday night on a train in a Manhattan subway station, according to an internal police document.
The person who died boarded an R train at around 8 p.m., according to a law enforcement official with knowledge of the matter and the internal document. It was unclear on Thursday when or how the person died.
A man has been accused of sexually assaulting a dead body on the New York City subway after a male passenger suddenly died. The alleged assault happened on an R train at Whitehall Street subway station around 11.45pm on Tuesday, police sources said. The NYPD is now hunting for the man, who fled the station shortly after midnight. He is described as having black hair and brown eyes, being 5ft 9in tall, having a goatee and wearing a yellow hoodie and blue LA Dodgers baseball cap. Investigators identified a man,...
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