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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Playing Defense: NYT's Oppel Says It's 'Falsehood' for Perry to Call Obama Elitist

Richard Oppel Jr.: "As Mr. Perry has painted himself as the cure for Washington's ills, however, some his recent attacks have drifted into the realm of falsehood, repeating some of the themes of ...

Obama's '57 States' Gaffe Finally Makes New York Times News Pages

A day after Times Watch noted its omission, Obama's "57 states" flub finally appears in a New York Times news story: "And Democrats have made plenty of gaffes in the past, including President ...

Times Avoids Word 'Obama,' Buries Story on Plea to Delay Solyndra Layoff News

The Times buried revelations that the Obama administration asked Solyndra to delay announcing it would lay off workers until after the 2010 midterm elections, not even mentioning the word "Obama." ...

Obama's '57 States' Gaffe Finally Makes the Times News Pages

A day after Times Watch noted its omission, Obama's "57 states" flub finally appears in a Times news story: "And Democrats have made plenty of gaffes in the past, including President Obama, who ...

NYTimes Again Finds 'Far Right Wing' of GOP; Yet to Locate Dems' 'Far Left Wing'

There they go again. Reporters Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg: "The easy treatment of Mr. Romney has also allowed him to avoid getting mired in promises to the far right wing of his party...."

NYTimes Sunday Review: Reagan 'the Archangel of American Spiritualized Greed'

The New York Times Sunday Review, more left-wing every week. Contributor Harold Bloom: "Our Great Emancipator of Selfishness, President Ronald Reagan...appropriated anyway as the archangel of ...

Reporter Condemns 'Dragon' Germany Proposing a Path of 'Austerity and Suffering' for Poor Greece

"...Germany has floated above the fray. While its economy has hummed along nicely, its leaders have steadfastly insisted that the path to redemption for the debtors lies in austerity and ...

Times Again Finds 'Far Right Wing' of GOP; Yet to Locate Dems' 'Far Left Wing'

There they go again. Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg: "The easy treatment of Mr. Romney has also allowed him to avoid getting mired in promises to the far right wing of his party...."

Top Editor Abramson Promises To Get to 'Heart' of Occupy Issues Like 'Income Inequality'

Executive Editor Jill Abramson promised the Times was "proceeding on multiple fronts with stories that get at the heart of the issues that OWS brings up - income inequality, the lingering effects ...

Sunday Review: Reagan 'the Archangel of American Spiritualized Greed'

The Sunday Review, more left-wing every week. Contributor Harold Bloom: "Our Great Emancipator of Selfishness, President Ronald Reagan...appropriated anyway as the archangel of American ...

NYT's Occupy Wall Street Reporter-Supporter Proudly Throws Objectivity Overboard

She said it, we didn't: "I agree with every pundit who argues that I have no place in the mainstream media." - Natasha Lennard, NYT freelancer and Occupy Wall Street tactical advisor.

Obama's Supposedly 'Famous' '57 States' Gaffe Went Virtually Unmentioned in the Times

Michael Shear said: "President Obama had that famous thing where he once said I think there were 57 states." But the Times barely mentioned Obama's "famous" flub. Meanwhile, Gov. Rick Perry's ...

Keller Sees Path to Victory for Mitt 'Let Them Eat Cake' Romney, the 'Sane' Republican

In his latest column, former executive editor Bill Keller picks out the "sane" GOP candidate, Mitt "Let them eat cake" Romney, and predicts "Newt Gingrich will pass like a tantrum."

John Harwood Tells the Tale of Perry's 'Oops' Moment, and Keeping Perry on Spot

A producer prodded the CNBC debate hosts to keep Perry on the spot: "Since our tasks as moderators included keeping the conversation moving, Maria began asking a new question. But our senior ...

Reporter Looks Fondly on Post-War Austerity Compared to 'Newest Altars to Consumption and Greed.'

Alan Cowell: "As the riots in London and elsewhere in August seemed to show, the profound gulf between haves and have-nots has been magnified by the inequalities and envies of a society that has ...

Sunday Mag: Cain 'Seems Like Someone Who...Has Never Opened a Newspaper'

T. A. Frank on Herman Cain, for the Times Magazine: "Let us pause here to make a necessarily severe assessment: to say that Herman Cain has an imperfect grasp of policy would be unfair not only to ...

Times Watch Quotes of Note - Occupy Troublemakers Merely Fringe, But Tea Party 'Responsible for the Behavior of People' at Rallies

Plus: "For Children's Sake, Taking to the Streets" at Occupy Wall Street, Opinion Editor 'Alarmed' at 'Right Wing' Pushback on Cain Story, and GOP "a Danger to Itself and to the Country."

Occupy Troublemakers Merely Fringe, But Tea Party 'Responsible for the Behavior of People' at Rallies

Plus: "For Children's Sake, Taking to the Streets" at Occupy Wall Street.

NY Times Prepares 'Autopsy Report' for 9-11-Type 'Disaster' of Perry Campaign

The Texas Tribune's Ross Ramsey writes: "His 'oops' - during a debate on Wednesday night...may be the first word in the autopsy report on his presidential campaign.....To turn this around, he has ...

Expect More Cain Scrutiny After Sex Allegations, Hints Times Reporter Susan Saulny

"After more than a week of battling accusations that he sexually harassed a number of subordinates while he was chief of the National Restaurant Association in the late 1990s, Mr. Cain faces a new ...