Ms. Rachel Calls Out New York Times for ‘Biased’ Coverage

The children’s educator and entertainer from Maine recently took to her social media to call out the news publication for its content.

For those who may not know who Ms. Rachel is or why news about her matters here in Maine, it’s because she’s one of our own—a Mainer from Sanford.

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Ms. Rachel, whose real name is Rachel Accurso, was also recently named to Glamour Magazine’s 2025 Women of the Year list.

She earned the honor not just for her huge online following—over 17 million YouTube subscribers and nearly eight million TikTok fans—but for using her platform to advocate for children in places like Gaza, Sudan, and Ukraine.

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As she announced late Saturday night on her social media, Ms. Rachel says that she is unsubscribing from The New York Times.

She says its coverage of Palestinians and Palestine is ‘biased and dehumanizing.’ A strong children’s rights advocate, she has repeatedly used her platform to support Palestinian children—raising money for Save the Children, sharing the story of 3-year-old Rahaf from Gaza, and urging leaders to end the war’s impact on kids.

Ms. Rachel later pointed to a leaked internal memo that guided reporters on which terms to use or avoid when covering the conflict.

Noting that the memo—obtained by The Intercept—flagged words like ‘slaughter,’ ‘massacre,’ and ‘carnage,' and discouraged the use of terms such as ‘genocide,’ ‘ethnic cleansing,’ ‘occupied territory,' 'Palestine,' and ‘refugee camps.’

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And there you have it! Ms. Rachel has officially ‘unsubscribed’ from The New York Times and explained why on her social media.

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