The New York Times ( NYT ) CEO , David Thompson , has accused Facebook of playing into the hands of " enemies of high - quality journalism " . ’s Thomson, whose outlets aren’t always on the same page politically as the Times: “ Previously Thompson said the social network 's policy of labelling news as political , was a " threat to democracy " . The Times and other publishers have stopped publishing on Facebook to avoid their articles being deemed political , amid concerns the policy will conflate journalism with traditional political advertising .
The New York Times ( NYT ) CEO , David Thompson , has accused Facebook of playing into the hands of " enemies of high - quality journalism " . Previously Thompson said the social network 's policy of labelling news as political , was a " threat to democracy " . The Times and other publishers have stopped publishing on Facebook to avoid their articles being deemed political , amid concerns the policy will conflate journalism with traditional political advertising .