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 Warns McCain: Don't Call Obama a Tax-and-Spend Liberal

Hitting McCain hard for implying liberal Obama will raise taxes: Economists of various ideological persuasions, however, view Mr. McCain's assessment as inaccurate or exaggerated. Some question ...

Did "Conservative Bloggers" Spread Michelle Obama "Whitey" Rumor?

The Times implies it did - but the rumor entered the blogosphere on the website of a Hillary Clinton supporter.

Times Takes Anti-Hillary "Sexism" Charges Seriously

Prodded by feminists, the Times and the rest of the media wonder if its coverage of Hillary was sexist and unfair, while admitting to "euphoric" converage of Obama.

Mark Steyn's Canadian "Hate Speech" Trial Makes Front Page

But what does the Times really think about the journalism of Mark Steyn (pictured)?

A Tale of Two Tax Rebates

What a difference a retail sales report makes.

U.S Shouldn't Assume People Want to "Live Like Americans"

"It is those kinds of assumptions - that the citizens of foreign countries want to be liberated by America and live like Americans - that can really get under people's skin."

Double Standard Alert: GOP "Death Tax" in Quotes, Dem "Windfall Profits" Not

Liberal conventional wisdom on display on Wednesday's front page, with "death tax" and the idea of "victory" in Iraq surrounded by quotation marks, but liberal phrases run unencumbered.

Danger! Danger! Alessandra Stanley Attempts a Simile

"And like the Sci Fi series, Mr. McCain, with occasional puckishness, can tap in to voters' darkest fears of terrorist aggression and apocalyptic doom."

Times Embraces Harmful, Human-Based "Global Warming" as Settled Fact

Purportedly objective reporter Matthew Wald chides energy companies: "This is not a good way to get started in fighting global warming."

Dark Days for Fla. Immigrants: "Fears Now Cloud the Most Basic Routines"

Sobbing for illegal immigrants who've deserted a Florida town: "Many of the Hispanic immigrants who came in 2004 to help rebuild after Hurricane Ivan have either fled or gone into hiding. Churches ...

Obsessing Over Republican Race Cards Against Obama

Marcus Mabry on the GOP's suspicious camapaign schemes.

No Socialists at Duke University?

Deborah Solomon (pictured on right) forwards a lazy liberal opinion about Duke University.

Reporter Says McCain Trying to Live Down "Warmonger" Reputation

Julie Bosman on McCain's first general election ad: "If Mr. McCain has developed a reputation as a warmonger..."

Really Now? Columnist Says Hillary Suffered "16 Months of Sustained Misogyny"

Judith Warner: "Clearly, in an age when the dangers and indignities of Driving While Black are well-acknowledged, and properly condemned, Striving While Female - if it goes too far and looks too ...

Times Snipes at CEO Carly Fiorina, "Take-No-Prisoners" Surrogate for McCain

McCain-hostile reporter Elisabeth Bumiller passes on gripes from a nameless "number of Republicans" who wonder what the "street bully" former CEO of Hewlett Packard is doing on the campaign bus.

Times Virtually Ignores Haditha Acquittal

The Times was all over the Haditha "massacre." Yet now that the prosecution has suffered yet another failure, you can hardly locate the story with a microscope.

Finally, Times Reveals Left-Wing Unions Behind Anti-Wal-Mart Group

As the pressure group Wal-Mart Watch takes a victory lap, reporter Michael Barbaro finally details the groups close ties to one of the more left-wing unions, SEIU.

The Times Shows Wishful Thinking on Global Warming

An editorial wonders how the next president will "confront global warming and rising fuel prices?" Yet the Senate bill being debated addresses global warming...by raising fuel prices.

Obama Victory: Millions of Voters from Every Corner Demanding Change

Obama-mania gets a second wind as he clinches the Democratic nomination.

Theatre Critic Dislikes the "Jesus Freaks" in Christian Satire "Saved"

The theatre critic doesn't like the play "Saved": "Why does it often feel like 'Legally Blonde,' only with, like, Jesus freaks?"