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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Michael Cooper Mocks McCain in Three Stories

When the Times isn't relaying Obama's cracks at McCain (with little room for rebuttal), it's mocking him itself: "Mr. McCains campaign has used the overseas trips to try to highlight his foreign ...

Zernike: Dishonest Charges by Swift Boat Vets "Undermined" in 2004

Reporter Kate Zernike again portrayed the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth as sleazy liars whose charges against John Kerry were "undermined" in 2004.

Times Ignores Chief Climate Scientist's Scientific Stalinism

After devoting a long story to his upcoming testimony before Congress, the Times' print edition ignored climate scientist James Hansen's call for oil executives to be put on trial for "high crimes ...

Deborah Solomon's Double Standards

A moderate Republican had his tan mocked and was goaded into sniping at his party, while a moderate Democrat was praised for his military valor and being an "unusually gifted stylist."

Times Plays "Big Gains for Iraq Security..." on Front Page

But of course, "...Questions Linger."

It's (Not) a Man, Baby!

Guy Trebay characterizes common-sense reactions to transgendered "man" Thomas Beatie's infamous pregnancy as a "phobic response" to identity change.

Times Names CIA Interrogator Who Broke Terrorist KSM With Kindness

Againt the agency's wishes, the Times identified a CIA interrogator, marring Scott Shane's lead story, "Inside the Interrogation Of a 9/11 Mastermind."

Times Still Using Hurricane Katrina to Victimize Bush

"Try as he might, President Bush cannot escape the haunting memory of Hurricane Katrina." Not if the Times has anything to say about it, anyway.

Is McCain Really Inviting Outside Groups Into Campaign Fray?

If McCain is truly "inviting [527 groups] into the fray on his behalf," where are they?

Centrist Obama Victim of "Smears and Internet Innuendo"

Reporter Julie Bosman defends Obama against undefined Internet "smears": "This advertisement tries to define Mr. Obama and his life story in the face of smear e-mail and Internet innuendo about ...

Stanley Says ERA Failure Reduced GOP Spouses to Passive Housewives

What? "...as the Equal Rights Amendment faded as a cause and conservatism made a comeback, Republican spouses became ever more careful to stay three steps behind their men and the times."

"Unconscionable...Ungrateful Irish" Reject EU Treaty

Roger Cohen indulges in a wee bit of stereotyping about Ireland's former status as a "beer-soaked backwater" and suggests the EU should use trickery to get the thing passed over Ireland's ...

John McCain's Pro-War Stance on Iraq? Blame Nixon

A puzzling little piece goes after former POW John McCain for having the bad taste to praise Richard Nixon for improving the condition of POWs in North Vietnamese prison camps.

Times Defends Michelle Obama, Suggests "Proud" Gaffe Overcovered

Dismissing Michelle Obama's "For the first time...I am really proud of my country" gaffe as a "rhetorical stumble," the Times' Michael Powell and Jodi Kantor (pictured) rally around its pick for ...

California, Here We Come: Times Celebrates Gay Marriage

The Times takes every angle in support of a controversial California Supreme Court ruling, even pondering whether the newly legal gay marriage will benefit the state's economy.

Times Maintains Near Silence as Haditha "Massacre" Case Crumbles

The Times ran over 35 stories on the Haditha "massacre," but issued only brief wire reports as the case against two Marines crumbled.

Rock-Star Puffery for Obama: Plus Obama vs. Cosby on Black Fathers

Remarks on black parenting that were "inflammatory" when said by Bill Cosby in 2004 are now blunt and striking when coming from Obama.

Liberal Sen. Jack Reed, Hero of Homeowners and the Homeless

Fawning from Herszenhorn: "[Sen. Reed] is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, but his diminutive height - 5 feet 7 inches on a good day, he says - makes his Special ...

Today's Lead: China's Soaring Economy Making a Path for Other Nations

Edward Wong: "Chinese officials seem to be galled by the apparent hypocrisy of Americans telling them what to do while the American economy is at best stagnant." No mention of the hundreds of ...

Where's the Party (Affiliation)? Democratic Senators Saved from Embarrassment

Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad suffered embarrassment when it turned out he had benefited from a sweetheart mortgage rate from Countrywide Financial, a target of Congressional Democrats. But the ...