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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Times Conjures Up Public Support for Amnesty-Style "Immigration Reform"

Do the American people really "overwhelmingly" supporting comprehensive immigration reform - otherwise known as amnesty for illegals? Um, not really, no matter what a rabid Times editorial says.

Former Iran Apologist Cohen Now Calling for Obama to Step Up Rhetoric

Roger Cohen, former apologist for Iran (pictured), writes from Tehran that anti-regime protestors are asking: "Where is Obama?"

Times Leaves Out Details from Its Tardy Story on Gerald Walpin

The Times' Neil Lewis finally covers the tale of Gerald Walpin, the inspector general of AmeriCorps, who was fired under shady circumstances by the White House after pushing to prosecute an Obama ...

Another Huge Pro-Democrat Disparity in a NYT/CBS Poll

In the latest NYT poll, a small gap of two points in how poll respondents identified themselves (34%-32% Democrats over Republicans) became a yawning 14-point gap (38%-24%) after the poll was ...

John Broder Completely Swallows Alarmist Global Warming Report

The Times shows no skepticism about a White House report that blames global warming for increased rainfall and "more powerful tropical storms."

Disgraced Sen. Ensign Swiftly Identified as GOP, Disgraced Dems Not ID'd at All

The Times let us know by word four the Republican Party affiliation of Sen. John Ensign, who confessed to having an affair. By contrast, the paper has often failed to even mention the party ...

Hypocritical Tears for "Red Scare" Victims in '50s NYC

Ralph Blumenthal on Communist teachers dismissed from NYC schools: "It was the height of the Red Scare, and the nation was gripped by hysteria over loyalty and subversion....The Board of ...

The Times Finds New Way to Insult Ronald Reagan

John Harwood finds a new way to insult Ronald Reagan: The former heartless budget-cutter was actually guilty of "runaway spending."

Obama's White House Staff: A Bunch of Wild and Crazy Guys

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the comic stylings of Obama advisor David Axelrod and his assistant David Lesser!

Naive Roger Cohen Finally Wakes Up to Iran's Perfidy

After months of defending Iran and criticizing Israel, Roger Cohen looks at the election farce and admits: "I erred in underestimating the brutality and cynicism of a regime that understands the ...

The "Conservative" Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Executive Editor Bill Keller goes to Tehran to do some actual reporting and shows he hasn't forgotten the media trick of labeling foreign villains as "conservative."

Blaming Conservative Media for Killings, Take Three

Yet another Times columnist, Frank Rich, goes after conservative media for poisoning the political dialogue and setting the stage for the murders of abortionist George Tiller and a guard at the ...

Blaming Conservative Media for Killings, Take Two

First Paul Krugman, now Judith Warner recites left-wing talking points accusing Limbaugh, Beck and Bill O'Reilly of "stoking the flames of violence."

Is the Obama Economic Stimulus Taking Effect? NYT Optimistic

Once again the Times plays on the front page economic optimism inspired by Obama's "stimulus" plan, buries inflation concerns in paragraph 17.

Paul Krugman: Conservative Media Laying Ground for Next Terror Attack?

Paul Krugman lifts more left-wing talking points, defending the notorious Dept. of Homeland Security report that smeared conservatives as potential terrorists, and warning that Rush Limbaugh and ...

"The Daily Show" Questions the Relevance of the New York Times

Daily Show reporter Jason Jones presents a newspaper to a Times editor and asks, only half-kidding: Who would want to read "aged news" as opposed to "real news" (on the web)?

NYT Notes Sotomayor Called Herself "A Product of Affirmative Action"

The Times keeps poking at race issues in its coverage of Judge Sonia Sotomayor. But why so many "conservative" labels?

NYT Co. Plays Hardball with Boston Globe, Imposes 23% Pay Cut

Former GE chief executive Jack Welch sees hypocrisy: "So ironic to see NYT act so brutish toward labor. Certainly would be crucifying any Company with labor practices like theirs."

Obama Just "Trying to Bring People Together," but GOP Dredges Up "Race Wars"

Plus: Sotomayor Speaks to Cafeteria Workers, in Spanish!

Cheney-Palin Style of Patriotism Just "Belligerent and Defensive Chauvinism"

Book editor Barry Gewen lavishes the highest praise on an ambitious new book: "The patriotism on display in 'The American Future' is hardly the narrow and cramped sentiment that in recent years ...