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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11/9/2009 4:59 PM ET
In a podcast, chief political reporter Adam Nagourney throws Democrats under the bus, leaving Obama and his agenda blameless: "Is that really surprising, that they didn't show up to vote for ...
11/9/2009 2:47 PM ET
Columnist Gail Collins desperately wants to convince people that the big Democratic losses in New Jersey and Virginia last Tuesday don't have the slightest thing to do with Barack Obama or his agenda.
11/9/2009 10:12 AM ET
In its coverage of the Fort Hood massacre, the Times revealed its politically correct priorities: What do the killings mean for Obama's agenda and "the tensions Muslims can feel"? "The shootings ...
11/5/2009 4:14 PM ET
Reporter David Herszenhorn posted early Thursday afternoon on the paper's health care blog from an anti-Obama-care rally taking place on Capitol Hill. His unsympathetic description of the protest, ...
11/5/2009 3:00 PM ET
It's a generally older crowd, many in their 50s and 60s, predominantly, white, and many self-identified as Christians. They are fiercely conservative and deeply skeptical of the government, many ...
11/5/2009 1:12 PM ET
Chief political reporter Adam Nagourney continues to forward liberal conventional wisdom on the impact of the Republican victories of Election 2009.
11/5/2009 12:26 PM ET
Hypocrisy on parade: After accusing Rush Limbaugh of making personal attacks against her, columnist Maureen Dowd seized the moral high ground by...bringing up Limbaugh's past struggles with the ...
11/5/2009 11:58 AM ET
Which party was "embarrassed" by Tuesday night's election results? You may be surprised. Congressional reporter Carl Hulse: "Republicans portrayed the election outcome as a repudiation of ...
11/4/2009 8:45 PM ET
The New York Times' Election Day 2009 coverage emphasized three liberal themes: The Republicans won by appearing moderate, the congressional race in upstate New York revealed deep divisions within ...
11/4/2009 4:44 PM ET
Chief political reporter Adam Nagourney modeled the paper's conventional wisdom on Campaign 2009 perfectly, emphasizing all three of the Times' campaign themes: The Republicans won by appearing ...
11/4/2009 12:32 PM ET
Coverage of the governors' races in New Jersey and Virginia and the congressional race in New York was dominated by three themes: The Republicans won by appearing moderate; there are deep ...
11/3/2009 3:01 PM ET
Reporter Michael Winerip questions the reasoning behind the Ivy League's 1960s, antiwar-era ban on the military's Reserve Officers Training Corp.
11/3/2009 12:59 PM ET
The left-wing anti-corporate parodist duo "The Yes Men" have posed as spokesman for big companies like McDonald's, Dow Chemical, as well as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. And the liberals at the ...
11/3/2009 12:13 PM ET
Reporter Jeremy Peters spins a promising chance at victory for the GOP in a House race as a sign of bad news for the party, citing the "deeply conservative" independent candidate Doug Hoffman.
11/3/2009 9:02 AM ET
Matt Bai praises Obama's dithering in Afghanistan as showing he has "the capacity to take his time" and that "he means to draw a distinction between useful campaign rhetoric and the realities of ...
11/2/2009 6:40 PM ET
Though he's predicting Democrats will prevail in the end, former theatre critic turned New York Times over-dramatic liberal columnist Frank Rich sounded even more skittish than usual in his ...
11/2/2009 1:03 PM ET
"Obama Strategy on Health Care Legislation Appears to Be Paying Off," declares a familiar-sounding Times headline. Is the Times right this time, or is its enthusiasm for Obama-Care's prospects ...
11/2/2009 12:57 PM ET
Wahh! Jeremy Peters sympathizes with liberal Republican Dede Scozzafava against mean conservatives: "Exhausted and emotionally drained by the attacks from conservatives seeking to paint her as a ...
11/2/2009 12:55 PM ET
The Times' idea of a good headline over the Times' idea of an interesting columnist: Drama critic turned conservative-fearing Frank Rich.
10/30/2009 3:05 PM ET
In a Sunday Magazine cover story, Jodi Kantor celebrates the Obamas' marriage and again downplays Michelle Obama's controversial campaign remarks about being proud of her country "for the first time."
