Clay Waters

Clay Waters is director of Times Watch, a division of the Media Research Center (MRC) that tracks the liberal bias of the New York Times. You can follow Times Watch on Twitter and Facebook.

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NYT Rings in Independence Day: 'The Downside of Liberty'

Happy Independence Day, freedom is overrated! Novelist Kurt Andersen: "For hippies and bohemians as for businesspeople and investors, extreme individualism has been triumphant. Selfishness ...
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NYT's Liptak Sees Furious, 'Bitter,' Angry Conservatives After ObamaCare

The New York Times Supreme Court reporter dumps synonyms for anger into his story on conservatve reaction to Chief Justice John Roberts' shocking ObamaCare ruling: Fury, bitterness, anger, ...

Reagan-Hating Abortion Activist Hailed as Fighter for Women's Right 'to Control Their Own Bodies'

A Times obituary celebrates an abortion activist, barely mentions her activism: "Ms. Dunlop devoted herself to expanding women’s rights to control their own bodies....She often directly attacked ...
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NYT Mag Celebrates 'Iconic' Hillary, 'Highminded' Yet 'Hardheaded' Secretary of State

Steven Lee Myers touts Hillary Clinton, the secretary of state with the "politician's touch," for president in 2016, when she will be "more iconic than ever." "She has an acute attention to ...
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Really? NY Times Movie Critic Blames 'Reagan Years' for Decline of American Movies

New York Times movie critics Manohla Dargis and A.O. Scott held their annual joyless, political summer movie conversation, focusing on the glut of superhero movies. Dargis managed to make ...
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Really? NY Times Movie Critic Blames 'Reagan Years' for Decline of American Movies

New York Times movie critics Manohla Dargis and A.O. Scott held their annual joyless, political summer movie conversation, focusing on the glut of superhero movies. Dargis managed to make ...

Oops: Alessandra Stanley Imagines a Farewell 'Highlight Reel' for Ann Curry

The Times' error-prone TV-beat reporter Alessandra Stanley, apparently relying on an online clip of Ann Curry's last appearance as Today show host, devoted a paragraph to a "highlight reel" that ...
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After ObamaCare Win, NYT's Landler Praises Obama for Expanding 'Safety Net,' 'Dispatching Osama,' and All Things Good

New York Times reporter Mark Landler: "What the Supreme Court’s decision does do is preserve Mr. Obama’s status as the president who did more to expand the nation’s safety net than any since ...
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Was Justice Roberts 'Squeezed' By Liberal Media Into Supporting ObamaCare?

Former Times SCOTUS reporter Linda Greenhouse sees validity to complaints about the liberal media trying to influence Justice John Roberts: "Around Memorial Day, a number of conservative ...
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After ObamaCare Win, NYT's Landler Praises Obama for Expanding 'Safety Net,' 'Dispatching Osama,' and All Things Good

New York Times reporter Mark Landler: "What the Supreme Court’s decision does do is preserve Mr. Obama’s status as the president who did more to expand the nation’s safety net than any since ...
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Conservative Arguments Against ObamaCare 'Misguided, if not Frivolous,' Suggests NYT's Court Reporter

Supreme Court reporter Adam Liptak finds "frivolous" the idea that the federal government can't make you pay for things you don't want: "Five justices accepted the argument that had been at the ...
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Justice Scalia 'Went Too Far' Talking Immigration, But Ginsburg's Liberal Rants Were Welcomed by NYTimes

New York Times reporter Ethan Bronner says conservative, "politically incorrect" Justice Antonin Scalia "went too far" after criticizing President Obama’s decision not to deport many illegal ...
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NYT Partner Ben Smith: Conservatives Complaining Over Obama-Care on Twitter 'Totally Insane,' 'Not Very Bright'

Ben Smith, who is partnering with the Times for campaign coverage, mocked the reaction of individual conservatives on Twitter to the Supreme Court's ruling on Obama-Care: "I mean, shockingly, ...
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Justice Scalia 'Went Too Far' Talking Immigration, but Ginburg's Liberal Rants Were Welcomed

Ethan Bronner says conservative, "politically incorrect" Justice Antonin Scalia "went too far" after criticizing President Obama’s decision not to deport many illegal immigrants. Yet the paper ...
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NYT's Gail Collins in 'Fetal Position' Over Possible Obama-Care Rejection

Columnist Gail Collins: "Don’t remember the location but I do remember that I was typing while curled on the floor in a fetal position. Once again, I’m in a hotel. This one’s in Houston, where ...
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On Illegal Immigration, New York Times Keeps Hammering Romney, Boosting Obama

Times reporters Trip Gabriel and Helene Cooper portray amnesty for illegals as a winner for Obama and a loser for Romney: "[Mitt Romney's] outreach efforts came after an order by Mr. Obama to ...
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Ignorance, GOP Falsehoods on Obama-Care Doomed the Measure, NYTimes Reporters Claim

If only the GOP would stop lying about ObamaCare. Jodi Kantor took a sympathetic and defensive view of ObamaCare that suggested the measure had suffered because of Republican deception and a ...
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Ignorance, GOP Falsehoods on Obama-Care Doomed the Measure, NYTimes Reporters Claim

If only the GOP would stop lying about Obama-Care: "By summer 2009, with the country still stunned by economic crisis and Republicans falsely raising the specter of death panels, some ...
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NYT Leads Front-Page Cheers for Obama Enthusiasm at Gay Pride Rallies

New York Times reporter Jeremy Peters led the front-page cheers for the new enthusiasm in the gay community surrounding Barack Obama's re-election campaign: "Now, campaign officials and other ...
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'Angry' Conservatives Abound in World of NYT Reporter Michael Shear

Obama-Care opponents will get angry if the law is upheld, but liberal groups apparently won't if it's overturned. Michael Shear: "Opponents of the law are expecting to offer an outpouring of ...