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 Downplays Possible Ohio Vote Fraud, Fears "Widespread Problems" at Polls

A move by Ohio Republicans to halt possible vote fraud is spun by the Times: "Court Ruling May Impede Thousands of Ohio Voters."

Stanley Again Gets Front-Page Treatment for Lightweight Anti-McCain Musings

Alessandra Stanley: "[McCain] smiled tightly when Mr. Obama spoke, perhaps under instruction from aides not to be grumpy as he attacked on multiple fronts. But viewers saw not the happy warrior so ...

McCain "Inconsistent and Testy" and Looked "a Little Strange" in Debate

Patrick Healy mocks McCain's debate performance two days after chiding Sarah Palin's speechmaking and her supporters, saying that McCain's performance went downhill when he "refused to let the ...

In NYT Mag, Obama Hits Fox News' Portrayal of Him: "Latte-Sipping, NYT-Reading" Lib

Barack Obama: "If I were watching Fox News, I wouldn't vote for me, right? Because the way I'm portrayed 24/7 is as a freak! I am the latte-sipping, New York Times-reading, Volvo-driving, ...

Times Blares Bad Poll News for McCain, Says Ayers-Obama Tie Just an "Allegation"

The Obama-Ayers association is merely an "allegation" being made by McCain: "How much have you heard or read about the allegation by the McCain campaign that Barack Obama was associated with Bill ...

Ready to Blame Racism If Obama Loses

Adam Nossiter: "The McCain campaign's depiction of Barack Obama as a mysterious 'other' with an impenetrable background may not be resonating in the national polls, but it has found a receptive ...

Snickering at Palin's Simplistic Patriotism

Patrick Healy thinks Sarah Palin's "partisan zeal" and "with-us-or-against-us message" could "repel some independent voters," and her speeches have "holes in logic." Does the gaffe machine Joe ...

Paul Krugman, Respected Economist Turned Left-Wing Hack, Wins Nobel Prize

In honor of his Nobel, here are some of Bush-bashing columnist Paul Krugman's greatest misses, including: "I predict that in the years ahead Enron, not Sept. 11, will come to be seen as the ...

Great Coverage for Comedian's "Great Schlep"

Taboo-breaking comedienne Sarah Silverman (pictured) stars in a pro-Obama get-out-the-vote effort targeted at elderly Florida Jews whuich has been featured in the Times twice within a week.

John McCain, Tax-Slashing Cynic

Michael Cooper paints an unflattering picture of both McCain and Bush's "deficit-swelling tax cuts."

Bill Ayers, Charles Keating: Same Thing?

Michael Cooper sniffs at McCain's attack on domestic terrorist Bill Ayers and brings up...Charles Keating?: "Mr. McCain is not without his own questionable associations."

Frank Rich Accuses GOP of Spreading "Weimar-like Rage" at Rallies

The left-wing has reviled President Bush as Adolf Hitler and spread conspiracy theories claiming he's responsible for 9-11...but a few hotheads at a GOP campaign rally mark the dawn of a scary new ...

It's Official: Any Criticism of Obama Now Racially Suspect

The short version of Patrick Healy's piece: Every criticism a Republican makes against Obama, from saying he's "not one of us" to his relationship to Bill Ayers, is racially questionable.

Times Writer Is Loving the Financial Meltdown: "Prada Goeth Before a Fall"

John Schwartz: "True joy, my friends, is the feeling that comes from knowing that the right people are sad....And let me tell you that anybody who wears a $30,000 watch can afford to lose $30,000."

Times Finally Smells Something Fishy on Obama's Dubious Donor List

Three days after snidely dismissing the issue, the Times backtracks and finds some questionable Obama donations.

"Hostile," "Angry" Crowds Cheer on McCain-Palin

Does this imply that Obama nation has nothing but lovely feelings for John McCain and Sarah Palin?

The NYT's First Public Editor Cheers on Obama at Lefty Huffington Post

Daniel Okrent, who actually saw liberal bias at the Times, now calls himself "thrilled he no longer has to be impartial."

Peter Goodman's Latest Left-Wing Gloat Over Capitalism's Crises

The Times' most left-wing economics reporter blames Greenspan for unleashing the whirlwind of unfetted capitalism: "Over the years, Mr. Greenspan helped enable an ambitious American experiment in ...

Obama's Problem: He's Too Reaganesque

Snark: Obama borrowed "from a leader who talked a great deal about sunny days but very little about the budget deficits and debt that flowed from his policies."