The New York Times is a morning daily newspaper published in New York City that has been the newspaper of record in the United States and one of the world's great newspapers for over a century. The Times was founded in 1851 as a penny newspaper that avoided sensationalism and reported the news in a sober and impartial manner. It became a daily in 1857 and started publishing on Sundays in 1896. The paper has had many influential writers including Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, E. B. White, and J. D. Salinger. Its editorial board includes former U.S. Presidents Carter, Clinton, and Obama as well as former Soviet Union leader Gorbachev. It has also been criticized for its lack of transparency in regard to its editing process. Newspaper analyst Eric Lichtblau was fired by the Times in February 2013 for writing an article critical of the paper's management. The article was based on documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. Lichtblau said the paper refused to print his corrections or acknowledge their involvement in the case when he called to discuss it. He wrote about this experience in a book titled "The Documentarian: A Life In Journalism." The Times responded by saying that Lichtblau failed to meet its standards for accuracy and fact-checking.