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Frank Bruni Again Attacks Conservatives Like Palin as 'Wacko Birds' in NYT Column

Former Times White House reporter Frank Bruni leads off his latest column on Sen. Rand Paul by borrowing John McCain's insult of conservatives: "When you’ve got loons the likes of Ted Cruz and ...
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'Extreme Wing' Pro-Lifers Wins in ND, but Civil Unions Means 'Jubilant' Moment for Gays in CO

Only some social issues are divisive in the Plains states at the New York Times. A sour tone permeateda front-page story on North Dakota's strict new abortion laws, which ban abortions based ...
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Why Did Bill Clinton Sign DOMA? Sleep Deprivation and '96 Opponent Bob Dole, Suggests NY Times

Why did Democratic president Bill Clinton anger the gay rights movement by signing the Defense of Marriage Act? Blame exhaustion and Bob Dole, suggest Peter Baker: "He had just flown across the ...
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Billionaire Tries to Buy Legislation, and the New York Times Loves It

Turnabout: New York Times reporter Michael Barbaro praises a billionaire for influencing legislation -- liberal legislation, anyway: "In a telling sign of how much the white-hot demands for gun ...
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Former WH Reporter for NY Times Calls CPAC "Aviary for Far-Right 'Wacko Birds'"

From Frank Bruni's Sunday column on gay marriage and the Republican Party: "CPAC, mind you, is no enclave of moderation and reason. It’s more like an aviary for the far-right 'wacko birds' whom ...
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New York Times: 'The Southern Poverty Law Center, Which Fights Intolerance...'

A front-page Times profile of Brian Brown, president of the National Organization for Marriage, which fights gay marriage legislation, was actually fair until reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg's ...
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NYT Takes Offensively Soft Approach in Obit of Proud Mother of Hamas Killers

The New York Times took an offensively soft approach to the death of the mother of Hamas terrorists who raised her sons to kill Jews: "Mariam Farhat, 64, the 'Mother of Martyrs.'" The text box ...
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Alarmist Enviro Reporter Gillis Hits at 'Climate Deniers,' Compares Them to Creationists

The paper's most alarmist environmental reporter Justin Gillis again compares global warming skeptics to creationists in an unchallenging interview with NPR: "I don't necessarily feel obliged to ...
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Obama Delivered 'Clearly a Historic Speech' in Israel, NY Times Journalists Gush

Jerusalem bureau chief Jodi Rudoren loved Obama's speech in Israel before a left-wing audience demanding more rights for Palestinians and an end to the "occupation": "And it was a lot of warmth ...
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NYT's Eduardo Porter Finds Ideal 'Model' for Reducing Pollution: The Great Recession

Economics columnist Eduardo Porter saves the punch line of "A Model for Reducing Emissions" forparagraph nine, when he revealed that the "model" is economic recession: "But the main reasons are ...
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