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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State Autonomy Over Education Policy Dismissed as 'Patchwork,' 'Checkerboard'

A front-page story by Sam Dillon pushes uniform standards for pubilc schools nationwide, and buries the ideological edge of the issue: Conservative opposition.

Times Obsesses Over Texas 'Conservatives' Changing Curriculum, Ignores Far-Left Hispanic Group's Protest

Austin-based reporter James McKinley Jr. constantly declaims about "conservatives" who want to soften the liberal edge of school textbooks, but ignores the presence of the far-left Hispanic ...

NY Times: Double Standards on 'Demonizing' Justice Dept. Lawyers

The Times stands up for Obama administration lawyers who had previously defended Al Qaeda detainees at Guantanamo, fiercely attacking a conservative group for making their service an issue. Yet ...

Cooper Accuses Justice Alito of 'Breaking With Decorum' at Obama's State of the Union Rant

According to reporter Helene Cooper, Justice Samuel Alito "escalated" State of the Union confrontation with Obama in January, "breaking with decorum" by shaking his head and mouthing, "No, it's ...

Double Standards on 'Demonizing' Justice Dept. Lawyers

The Times stands up for Obama administration lawyers who had previously defended Al Qaeda detainees at Guantanamo, fiercely attacking a conservative group for making their service an issue. Yet ...

Times Watch Quotes of Note: NYT Imagines Racial Stereotyping at Conservative Convention

Plus: Times gushes over pro-Obama "Coffee Party" after dismissing anti-tax Tea Party rallies as full of "anger" and "Astroturf."

NYT Imagines Racial Stereotyping at Conservative Convention

Plus: The Times touts the pro-Obama "Coffee Party," but denigrated anti-tax tea party rallies as angry "Astroturf."

Times Applauds Obama's 'High-Octane Performance' Targeting Health Insurance Industry

A fired-up Obama goes after health insurance companies, and the Times seems to like what it hears: "In a high-octane appearance that harked back to his 'yes we can' campaign days, Mr. Obama ...

Has Barack Lost Frank Rich, Too?

Rich warns Obama that the clock is running out on his presidency: "This time Obama doesn't have a year to arrive at his finest hour. Not to put too fine a point on it, but the clock runs out on ...

Times Has (Some) Praise for National Enquirer Breaking Edwards' Story It Ignored

Stephanie Clifford gave credit to The National Enquirer linking former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards to his mistress Rielle Hunter - but lets the media (and the Times) off the ...

Pity Desiree Rogers, Victim of 'Furor' Over State Dinner Gate-Crashers

But just look at all the events that weren't gate-crashed! "[Desiree] Rogers, of course, is the high-profile Obama confidante who recently announced that she would step down as social secretary ...

Times Finds Excuses for Lousy Rhode Island School, Hits President from Left for Supporting Teacher Dismissals

Even Barack Obama agrees with a Rhode Island school board that fired all its teachers, but the Times fires a warning shot from the left: "Officials at the two unions, the National Education ...

Zernike Now Admits Coffee Party's Leftism, Sees Hope for Democrats in 2010

Reporter Kate Zernike surveys the bleak electoral landscape for Democrats, finds some dubious reasons for hope, and includes this self-serving liberal lament: "The left has never been as good as ...

Things Blamed on 'Climate Change,' Item #457

"Climate change" alarmism in a Home & Garden section story by Kate Murphy: "Extreme weather possibly linked to climate change, as well as construction on less stable ground, have provoked ...

Bush and WMD: 'Does Karl Rove or the President Owe the American Public an Apology?'

In a discussion prompted by Karl Roves new book, political podcast host Sam Roberts hews to liberal talking points on Bush and weapons of mass destruction, but is refuted by reporter Peter Baker ...

Interesting: The Times Prominently Plays 'Climate Change' Problems

Reporter John Broder, who previously called climate change skeptics "deniers" and "relatively uninformed," balances this out a little bit with a story on climate scientists realizing they have a ...

Will Ethics Meltdown Doom Democrats in 2010? Times Asks on Front Page

In a refreshing nod to political balance, reporter Jeff Zeleny focuses on "the ethical woes facing Democrats" as they brace for the November 2010 elections.

No Rebuttals Against Gay Marriage in D.C.

Reporter Ian Urbina interviewed three happy gay couples, but no one opposed to gay marriage in the District of Columbia.

After Ignoring Tea Party Beginnings, NYT Quickly Fawns Over Lefty Coffee Party: No Anger or Astroturf Here

After ignoring the initial stirrings of the fast-growing Tea Party movement, the New York Times quickly jumps on the Coffee Party bandwagon, an alternative gathering that just happens to be filled ...

Sen. Bunning Standing 'Between Jobless Americans and Extended Unemployment Benefits'

Congressional reporter Carl Hulse, always willing to give the GOP a fair shake: Fight over spending "was allowing Democrats and editorial writers around the country to portray them as heartless ...