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Wow: Times Actually Compares Obama's Oil Spill Response to Bush-Katrina

The Times chides Obama in two stories and an editorial on Saturday for his administration's dilatory response to the oil spill in the Gulf.

Yawn: Frank Rich's Predictable 'Show Me Your Papers' Take on Arizona's Immigration Law

Is Frank Rich losing his edge? His by-the-numbers column on Arizona's tough new anti-immigration law is actually (slightly) less virulent than columns by Times colleagues and former reporters ...

Hyping 'Dozens' of Pro-Amnesty Protesters - At a Chicago Cubs Game

The Times again defined a tiny protest by pro-amnesty lobbyists as national news - this time, protesting the Arizona Diamondbacks outside a Chicago Cubs game.

Times Watch Quotes of Note: Great Minds Think Alike...So Do Times Legal Reporters

Plus no liberals on the Supreme Court and angry white male reactionary Tea Partiers

'Crackpot' Republicans Behind 'Lunatic Magnet' Arizona's 'Crackpot' Immigration Law

Former Times reporter Timothy Egan: "The crackpot laws owe their genesis to the crackpots who dominate Republican politics, who in turn cannot get elected without the backing of crackpot media."

Times Again Hails Grand Total of Four Illegal Immigrant Marchers

Back in January, a four-student march from Miami to Washington on behalf of illegals somehow merited a 780-word Times article. By contrast, a massive anti-Obama rally that attracted over 100,000 ...

Times Jumps on Arcane Debate About Closed-Minded Conservatives

Ever sensitive to internecine squabbles among conservatives, the Times jumped on the latest one: "'Epistemic Closure'? Those Are Fighting Words, Friend." The text box: "Conservatives' spat over ...

Times Finally Questions Context of Abuse Allegations Against The Vatican

Monica Davey gives The Vatican a say: "Jeffrey S. Lena, a California lawyer representing the Holy See, said that while Mr. Anderson had performed an important function...his legal maneuvers ...

Carl Hulse's Favorite Story: Democrats Pressuring Republicans to Give In

The opening to Carl Hulse's front-page story on his favorite topic - Democrats putting the screws to the G.O.P.: "Politicians like nothing more than a convenient foil, and Democrats locked in a ...

Influential Editor Sam Tanenhaus: 'Extremist,' Know-Nothing Tea Partiers Like Birchers

In a friendly chat with left-wing MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, Times Book Review/Week in Review editor Sam Tanenhaus compares the Tea Party movement to the John Birch Society, proclaims "there are no ...
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