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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On Front Page, NYT's Mark Landler Shields 'Stand-in...Bystander' Susan Rice From Benghazi Blame

So why did the Obama administration put her forward in the first place? On Sunday's front page Times reporter Mark Landler defends UN Ambassador Susan Rice, under fire for false statements on ...

Hard-Left Sunday at the NYT: 'Phony Hero' Gen. David Petraeus; 'Dried Seaweed' as Snack Food

From pushing dried seaweed as a snack food to calling General David Petraeus "A Phony Hero for a Phony War," the New York Times Sunday Review section continues its lurch to the left under editor ...
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Front-Page NYTimes Story Faults 'White Gentrifiers' Helping Victims of Sandy, Quotes 'Bitter' Help Recipients

Oh, no, white people helping! Times reporter Sarah Maslin Nir faults the "white gentrifiers" helping victims of Hurricane Sandy: "As volunteers with the makeshift relief efforts have applied ...
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New York Times: 'Experts' (?) Say Israel Must Admit 'Historic Grievances' of Terrorist Group Hamas

Former Times Jerusalem bureau chief Ethan Bronner: "Many analysts and diplomats outside Israel say the country today needs a different approach to Hamas and the Palestinians based more on ...
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New York Times Turns Up Heat on New Chief Executive Mark Thompson -- With Caveats

New story raises serious questions, but Times' outrage still doesn't approach its Catholic Church levels.
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New York Times Turns Up Heat on New Chief Executive Mark Thompson -- With Caveats

The paper's slow-boil coverage of an internal controversy has yet to match the front-page intensity it brought to its "damning" reporting on phone hacking by newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch, ...
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NYTimes Hails 'Milestone' Gay Marriage Wins on Front Page; Conservative Causes Get Glummer Treatment

Times reporter Eric Eckholm waxed enthusiastically over gay marriage victories in several blue states: "Elated by their first ballot victories, in four states, advocates of same-sex marriage ...
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Israel's 'Ferocious Assault on Gaza' Damaged 'Relations With Egypt;' Hamas Merely 'Regarded' as Terrorist

Is Hamas merely "regarded by Israel" as a terrorist group? From the Times' lead story on Israel's killing of a Hamas terrorist: "Israel on Wednesday launched the most ferocious assault on Gaza ...
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NYT Praises Fox for Leaving Out 'Agitprop' on Election Night, Strains to Prove MSNBC Catching Up (Again) to Fox

Times media columnist David Carr "praises" Fox News for its election night coverage: "Over many months, Fox lulled its conservative base with agitprop: that President Obama was a clear ...
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NYT Sunday Review Contributor Finds 'Political Racism' in Long-Voting Lines for Minority Voters

Professor Steven Hahn in the NYTimes Sunday Review finds Republican racism in long voting lines and just about eveywhere else: "Although our present-day tactics are state-issued IDs, ...
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Updated: NY Times Hyped Pope Abuse Cover-Up Questions, Buried Them for New CEO

Paper showed far less interest in new boss’ possible cover-up of BBC sex abuse.
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Thursday's New York Times Front Page: GOP 'Tough Tone' Puts Them in Trouble With Minorities and Women

Jennifer Steinhauer pinpoints the Republican's problem: They weren't liberal enough. "Congressional Republicans’ heavy focus on social issues affecting women -- like their proposals to reduce ...

New York Times: GOP Dwindling Collection of 'Angry,' 'Grumpy Old White Men'

The New York Times editorial board is hoping Republicans are "throwing out their old and failing playbook, seemingly written by and for a dwindling society of angry white men." Columnist Nicholas ...
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NYTimes Suggests GOP Ignored 'More Moderate, and Diverse, Direction of the Country' With Ryan Pick

NYT's Trip Gabriel: "Mr. Ryan will return to the House with a more central role to play in the conservative wing of the party, Congressional insiders said. But he is also open to blame by ...
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Dems Hand GOP 'Stinging Defeat' in Senate, But GOP Won House Despite 'Deep Disapproval,' Partisanship

Jennifer Steinhauer shone sour light on a bright spot for Republicans in yesterday's vote: "Deep disapproval of Congress and dissatisfaction with partisan division appeared no match for ...
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Jodi Kantor in NYT: Obama Carving 'Own Grand Place' in History While Fighting Tea Party 'Nativism'

Obama biographer Jodi Kantor on Obama's private dinners with left-wing "scholars": "He wanted to apply the lessons of past presidential triumphs and failures to his own urgent project of ...
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New York Times' Nate Silver Puts Romney's Chances at 'About 8 Percent'

The morning of Election Day, the New York Times star poll forecaster Nate Silver forecast that Barack Obama had a 91.6% of retaining the presidency. Silver told Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert ...
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Just in Time, NYT Discovers 'Strident' Anti-Romney Slant at MSNBC

Times media reporter Jeremy Peters: "Such stridency [from MSNBC host Rachel Maddow] has put NBC News journalists who cover Republicans in awkward and compromised positions, several people who ...
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NYTimes' Matt Bai: Obama's Factually Challenged Memoir Sign of 'Narrative Sophistication...Novelistic Instinct'

Through sympathetic alchemy, New York Times Magazine political writer Matt Bai managed to transform Barack Obama's factually loose biography as a sign of "his narrative sophistication, his ...
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NYT's Keller Distressed By Paul Ryan’s 'Mostly White, Upper-Middle-Class' Alma Mater With 'Robust Frat Culture'

Bill Keller condescends to what he finds to be Paul Ryan's distressingly conservative alma mater, MIami University in Ohio: "Ryan’s alma mater draws mostly white, upper-middle-class students ...