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NYT's Matt Bai Praises Statesmanlike and Contemplative' Bob Kerrey, Faults 'Tea Party Fervor'

In a profile for the New York Times Sunday Magazine, reporter Matt Bai fawned over former Democratic senator and presidential candidate Bob Kerrey as "a statesmanlike and contemplative presence" ...
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The Horror: NYT's Timothy Egan Forced to Watch Fox News

Former reporter Timothy Egan takes one for the liberal team: "Trapped with a Fox News big screen in my stable of fellow trotters at the gym a few weeks ago, I took in the worldview that may ...

Labeling Logic: On Obama-Care, NYTimes Pits 'Conservatives' Against 'the Other Side of the Issue'

Given two chances, New York Times reporters Jonathan Weisman and Michael Shear couldn't identify the universal-health-care backers Families USA as liberal in their Friday piece on what happens ...
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NYT's Shear Digs Up Racism Accusations: 'Much More' Than 'Macaca' Doomed GOP Sen. George Allen

NYT reporter Michael Shear felt the need to kneecap Allen out of the starting gate by injecting all the old controversies and rumors or racism into the current news cycle: "Questions about Mr. ...
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NYT Puts Catholic Church on Defensive Again: 'Lightning Rod for Criticism'

Times religion reporter Laurie Goodstein coverage of a meeting of Roman Catholic bishops portrayed the church  on the defensive over its fight for religious freedom, as did the story's text ...

'Fracking' Attack: NYT Won't Give Up Fighting Natural Gas Extraction, Even After Embarrassing Itself

The Times can't quit its fracking attacks: "Institute’s Gas Drilling Report Leads to Claims of Bias and Concern for a University’s Image." Reporter Mireya Navarro pumped up the alleged scandal: ...
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Another Border Run: New York Times Recycles Its 'Conservative Christians Break With GOP on Amnesty' Theme

Every couple of years the Times runs a story on "conservative" evangelicals who support looser immigration laws and amnesty. The latest comes from Trip Gabriel: "Some of the nation’s most ...
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Pressure Grows on Team Obama After Helpful Security Leaks to the New York Times

Two front-page scoops that portray the president as a strong, tough-on-terror leader clearly provided the perspective of Obama insiders. Sen. Lindsey Graham asked Attorney General Eric Holder: ...
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Suddenly, George W. Bush Is a 'Mainstream Republican' at the New York Times

Jim Rutenberg on the "mainstream Republicanism" of...George W. Bush? to make the Tea Party movement look out of step. "But tough talk about the state of the party on Monday by former Gov. Jeb ...
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Times Compares Newt Gingrich to Dictator Hugo Chavez's Right-Hand Man

Is recent Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, who was freely elected over and over to the U.S. House of Representatives and then elevated by his peers there to the speakership, ...
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