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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Hulse Passes Along Demo Talking Points on Violent, Racist Protests, Even Cites Palin Facebook Page

Congressional reporter Carl Hulse plays along with the Democrat exploitation of a few extremist protesters for political gain: "Still, the dark and personal tone of the final stages of the health ...

NYT's Main Economic Writer Says Obama-Care Will Help Fix Reagan's 'Economic Inequality'

The NYT's David Leonhardt writes: "The bill that President Obama signed on Tuesday is the federal government's biggest attack on economic inequality since inequality began rising more than three ...

NYT Goes for TV-Style Scare Tactics: 'America's Toxic Waters'

Editor Marcus Mabry exaggerates for the cameras in the paper's new online feature, a seven-minute daily news show called TimesCast: "Charles, you spent the last year reporting on America's toxic ...

Obama-Care Will Help Fix 'Economic Inequality' Reagan Partially Responsible For

"The bill that President Obama signed on Tuesday is the federal government's biggest attack on economic inequality since inequality began rising more than three decades ago." You'll never guess ...

The Times' One-Sided View of a Coming Newspaper War with the Wall Street Journal

The Times sees "bloodsport" on only one side of the looming newspaper war between itself and the Wall Street Journal, which is gearing up a local news section to compete directly with the Times.

NYT's Nagourney Runs With Anti-Limbaugh David Frum to Show 'Drawbacks' of GOP's Obama-Care Opposition

For New York Times reporter Adam Nagourney, "several Republicans" translates as Limbaugh critic David Frum plus a prominent Democrat. Plus: "Republicans find themselves again being portrayed as ...

Columnist Charles Blow Insults Poor Mississippians, 'Tea Party Crybabies'

In an epic (for Twitter) rant, Times columnist Charles Blow masters the art of gentle persuasion: Sit down foul-mouthed Tea Party crybabies.

Thatcher's 'Callous Policies' for the 'Have-Nots' Continue With 'Grim Spoilsports' of British Conservatives Today

London correspondent Sarah Lyall: "In the eyes of many Britons, the Tories' traditional social elitism is tied to another form of elitism - what they perceive as the callous policies of the haves ...

Paul Krugman Sees 'Racial Hate-Mongering' in Opposition to Obama-Care

Columnist Paul Krugman latest talking points culled from the left-wing blogosphere: "It wasn't just the death panel smear. It was racial hate-mongering, like a piece in Investor's Business Daily ...

Nagourney Runs With Anti-Limbaugh David Frum to Show 'Drawbacks' of GOP's Obama-Care Opposition

For Adam Nagourney, "several Republicans" evidently translates as "David Frum plus a prominent Democrat." Plus: "And in a week when Democrats are celebrating the passage of a historic piece of ...

'Almost Everyone Will Benefit from New Regulations,' Claims NYT Front-Page News Story on ObamaCare

Pro-Obama-care opinionizing on the front page of the New York Times from reporter Tara Siegel Bernard: "But there is no question that the legislation should benefit consumers in various ways."

Hulse Links Obama-Care Protests to Violent Racists of Civil Rights Movement

Just what is reporter Carl Hulse implying here in his Obama-care story/profile of Democratic congressman and civil rights marcher John Lewis? "Lewis said he was not intimidated as he walked to the ...

'Almost Everyone Will Benefit from New Regulations,' Claims Front-Page News Story on Obama-Care

Pro-Obama-care opinionizing on the front page from reporter Tara Siegel Bernard: "But there is no question that the legislation should benefit consumers in various ways."

Obama-Care Comeback 'A Legislative Lazarus Tale'

The Times gets biblical on the eve of Sunday's successful House vote in passing Obama-care.

Adam Nagourney Says Citizens Don't Care About 'Deem and Pass,' Just Typical 'Procedural Stuff'

The paper's chief political reporter questions if citizens really care about how Congress passes the most intrusive piece of legislation in a generation: "Does anyone really care if the bill is ...

Dems Still Making Hay Out of Unflattering NYT Profile of Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell

The DNC will release an ad to air in D.C. this weekend based on a profile of Mitch McConnell pitching the Senate minority leader as an Obama-care obstructionist.

Times Praises Book that Sneers of 'Know Nothings...Demagogues of the Republican Right'

Times critic Dwight Garner praises left-wing author Tony Judt: "Mr. Judt surveys the political and intellectual landscape in Britain and the United States since the 1980s, the Reagan-Thatcher era, ...

Herszenhorn's Shallow Analysis of CBO's Obama-Care Numbers: Imagine a Fruit Salad

David Herszenhorn's shallow analysis of the CBO cost estimates for Obama-care framed the outcome as a political triumph for Obama. By contrast, the Washington Post actually drilled into the ...

Surprise: Democrats Find Yet Another NYT Story to Their Liking, Shop It Around

The Hill reports: "In a memo to a broad group of Democratic lawmakers, communications staff and party strategists obtained by The Hill, Democratic National Committee (DNC) Communications Director ...

Calmes Again Puts Onus for Deficit Reduction on Minority-Party GOP

Yeah! Retired Republican Senator Alan Simpson set "to challenge the party's antitax orthodoxy" according to reporter Jackie Calmes.