NYT's Peters Still Thunderstruck By GOP's Ridiculous, Doomed Attempts to Repeal Obamacare

clay.waters — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:04:14 +0000

Clay Waters

New York Times reporter Jeremy Peters can't stand the House GOP's stubborn attempts to repeal President Obama's "signature legislative achievement." "House Votes Again to Repeal Health Law" marks his second story in two days on the GOP's quixotic quest, and once again he injects obvious mockery into what's supposedly a straight news story:

NYT's Peters Hits 'Waste of Time' Obama-Care Repeal Votes and GOP's 'Myopic Focus' on Deficits

clay.waters — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:11:14 +0000

Clay Waters

On Wednesday, New York Times reporter Jeremy Peters let the Republicans in Congress know he was tired of their silly attempts to repeal Obamacare in "House to Vote Yet Again On Health Care Repeal."

NYT: In Burgeoning Scandals, Is Obama 'Buffeted by Partisanship and Forces Beyond his Control'?

clay.waters — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:47:01 +0000

Clay Waters

The New York Times lead story Thursday by Jeremy Peters, "An Onset of Woes Raises Questions on Obama Vision," gave the President Obama a partial pass amid the multiple scandals besetting his administration, portraying him as at least somewhat a passive victim of circumstance.

NYT's Parker: Poor Jilted Obama 'Wined and Dined' the 'Bad Date' GOP Congress, Gotten 'Nothing in Return'

clay.waters — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:57:17 +0000

Clay Waters

As multiple scandals engulfed the presidency, "Watching Washington This Week," a nytimes.com video featuring New York Times congressional reporters Jeremy Peters and Ashley Parker having a pseudo-informal chat outside the White House, managed to place President Obama as the victim of a cold Republican Congress.

TimesWatch Shutting Down

brent.baker — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:01:16 +0000

Brent Baker

This Friday, May 17, will be the final day for TimesWatch posts. The Media Research Center will be consolidating products and, as a result, TimesWatch posts and the TimesWatch Tracker will be rolled into our other sites and e-newsletters.

NYT's Weisman Emphasizes Harsh GOP Partisanship Over Actual Obama Scandal Details on Benghazi, IRS

clay.waters — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:31:32 +0000

Clay Waters

Tuesday's front-page New York Times story by Michael Shear and Jonathan Weisman, "Obama Dismisses Benghazi Furor But Assails I.R.S," again emphasized partisan back-and-forth at the expense of journalistic digging into the actual facts of the IRS and Benghazi controversies swirling around the Obama White House.

Bruni the Clueless? NYT Columnist Mocks 'Clueless' Americans and 'Mean' Justice Scalia, But Botches Poll Facts

clay.waters — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:32:37 +0000

Clay Waters

In his Sunday New York Times column, former White House reporter Frank Bruni took a whack at "America the Clueless" and Republicans in particular, but made a couple of pretty clueless errors of his own.

NY Times Public Editor: Soft IRS, Benghazi Coverage Lends Credence to Conservative Criticism

clay.waters — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:20:16 +0000

Clay Waters

The New York Times did some damage control for the Obama administration in its lead editorial Tuesday, defending in part, the IRS's politically motivated audits against fledgling Tea Party nonprofits during the last campaign cycle. The paper ridiculously portrayed the White House as just as outraged as conservatives in a headline: "White House Under Fire: It Condemns I.R.S.

New York Times Breaks Gosnell Guilty Verdicts By Labeling Victims 'Fetuses' Six Times

matthew.balan — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:26:32 +0000

Matthew Balan

The New York Times unsurprisingly stuck by its biased language on the abortion issue as it broke the news that a jury had found Philadelphia abortionist Dr. Kermit Gosnell guilty of three counts of first-degree murder on Monday.

NYT's Gillis, Writing Under False Headline, Rants Against Warming Skeptics With 'Little Scientific Credibility'

clay.waters — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:48:28 +0000

Clay Waters

New York Times' environmental reporter Justin Gillis earned an unusual two-column lead story part in Saturday's paper, part of his long-running scarefest series, "Temperatures Rising." The latest entry: "Heat-Trapping Gas Passes Milestone, Raising Fears." (Though that headline turns out to be upon further review a bit premature.) Carbon dioxide is closely linked by many environmental scientists to rising temperatures, though there are other factors i