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NY Times' Long, Sympathetic Profile of Disgraced Anthony Weiner Having Intended Effect

The cover story of the upcoming New York Times Sunday magazine is an 8,000-word profile-slash-therapy session for disgraced New York City former congressman Anthony Weiner, he of explicit ...
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NYT's Jackie Calmes Hails the 'Pragmatist in Mr. Obama' on Budget That Questions His 'Progressive' Credentials

New York Times White House reporter Jackie Calmes, an Obama fan, at first appeared to criticize his new budget by questioning his liberal – um, "progressive" – credentials, but only to later ...
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New York Times Hypes 'Several Tens of Thousands of Immigrants' in DC Rally, Escaping the 'Shadows'

The Times uses odd phrasing to hype the crowd figure for a rally for illegal immigrants in Washington as "several tens of thousands of immigrants," while an editorial headline captures the paper's ...

NYT's Lead Story Foresees 'Egg-on-the-Face Moment' for Conservatives if Gun Bill Gains Support

The Times hypes prospects for Obama's gun control: "...eking out the first 60 votes would represent momentum for the bill’s supporters in the Senate, and an egg-on-the-face moment for those ...
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NY Times' Nicholas Confessore Goes Label-Happy in Expose of CPAC Sponsor

A report on the American Conservative Union by Times reporter Nicholas Confessore -- who previously wrote for the liberal journals Washington Monthly and American Prospect -- was marred by ...
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NY Times Critic Happy Country Music Finally Shedding Its Conservatism, Showing 'Intellectual...Range'

Gee, thanks for the compliment! Although country singer Brad Paisley is "a stylistically conservative stalwart," says Times critic Jon Caramanica, "his songs have shown intellectual and social ...
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In NYT's Cornucopia of Stories on 2016 Prospects, It's Hillary 1, GOP and Joe Biden Zero

David Halbfinger basically calls Gov. Christie a bully in a front-page story: "It does not take much for Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey to uncork his temper. He has called a Navy combat ...
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Margaret Thatcher a 'Dominant Yet Divisive Figure' Who Helped 'Unravel Social Compacts'

A news analysis upon the death of Margaret Thatcher concludes: "However, there were others, particularly on the political left, who spoke with bitterness of the vogue that spread across the ...
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The New York Times Embraces Social Libertinism at a Catholic College and at the Pharmacy

The Times celebrates with explicit language "a tiny beacon of sexual health resources at the deeply Catholic institution" -- a condom giveaway program at Boston College. Also, a lead story ...
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Double Action: Two NY Times Columnists Embarrass Themselves on Guns in Sunday Review

Times columnist Frank Bruni goes hunting for the first time and did not wholly approve: "This country of ours makes it astonishingly easy for people to arm themselves and take aim. Is it any ...
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