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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Lobbyist Vicki Iseman Settles With the Times Over McCain Affair Allegations

The suit by Iseman has been settled in print, without a trial or money changing hands - but with a couple more shots against John McCain.

Israeli Election Coverage Strewn With Unflattering "Far Right" Labels

Two weeks ago Executive Editor Bill Keller said such labeling in Israel coverage could be a sign of biased journalism.

The Times Is Starving for Labeling Bias: Left-Wing FRAC Just "Advocate for the Poor"

The Times wonders why Mayor Bloomberg isn't taking up Obama's offer to extend food stamp benefits to more New Yorkers.

The Times Plants Pro-ACORN Propaganda

Reporter Fernanda Santos hails anti-foreclosure tactics organized by the left-wing housing activist group ACORN by employing 60's-style sloganeering ("a budding resistance movement") and not a ...

Conservative "Militancy" Against Obama's "Economic Recovery Plan"

Reporter Jackie Calmes has a habit of seeing "militancy" and ideological rigidity on only one end of the political spectrum.

Bill Ayers vs. Bill Buckley: Deborah Solomon's Double Standards

Times "Q&A" reporter Deborah Solomon questioned conservative icon William F. Buckley in a more hostile fashion than she did Weatherman bomber Bill Ayers.

The "Resilient" Left-Wing Strongman Hugo Chavez

A Times text box lauds Venezuelan President Chavez's "resilience" in winning a referendum ending term limits - but what of the strong-armed intimidation tactics leading up to the vote?

Keller, Promoting His Paper's Book on Obama, Denies Pro-Obama Slant

NYT Executive Editor Bill Keller, out promoting a New York Times book "Obama: The Historic Journey," denies pro-Obama media bias: "...as a rule, reporters don't fall in love with candidates. They ...

NYT Co. Gives to Planned Parenthood Affiliate, Other Left-Wing Groups

A pattern of left-wing grant-making at the parent company of the New York Times.

Celia Dugger's One-Woman Mugabe Lobby

Zimbabwe's Marxist dictator Robert Mugabe has been called a "liberation hero" nine times by reporter Celia Dugger. She's never called him a "dictator."

"Young and Stupid" George Bush, Henry Hyde

Timothy Egan starts out writing about a baseball superstar's steroid use and ropes in two prominent Republicans along the way.

Maine Senators Who Helped Obama "No Ordinary Republicans"

The Times' timely fawning over the two Republican senators from Maine who are helping make Democrats' big-spending dreams come true.

Times Again Reveals Its Political Stripes in Israel Coverage

NYT Executive Editor Bill Keller warned last week that the use of terms like "right-wing" when reporting on Israel could indicate a slanted report. So why does the phrase keep cropping up on its ...

The Times (Now) Sees Possible Victory in Iraq

After denying the possibility of winning in Iraq during the Bush years, the Times is suddenly having second thoughts: "This is what victory in the war in Iraq was supposed to look like...."

The Times Covers the Times' Financial Struggles

Objective business headline or NYT Co. press release?: "Resilient Strategy for Times Despite Toll of a Recession."

Alleged NYT Conservative Declares Conservatism Dead

Sam Tanenhaus, Week in Review editor and alleged conservative, declares "Conservatism Is Dead" on the cover of The New Republic.

NYT Top Editor Bill Keller: "Hamas Is Also a Charitable Organization..."

Plus, Keller unwittingly criticizes his paper's liberal slant: "To describe a politician as 'liberal' or 'conservative' (while almost always inexact) is generally neutral. To describe the same ...

Surprise: NYT Notices Harassment Tactics of Prop. 8 Opponents

"For the backers of Proposition 8, the state ballot measure to stop single-sex couples from marrying in California, victory has been soured by the ugly specter of intimidation. Some donors to ...

Times Watch Quotes of Note - Executive Editor Takes Cheap Shots at O'Reilly, Coulter, and Kristol

Plus Cheney the Drunken Fratboy and Don't Trust the Times With Your Life

Critic Ben Brantley's Anti-Bush Theatrics

I must have been out sick those days: "The days when criticism of Mr. Bush could be censured as unpatriotic may be long gone..."