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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Reporter Admits SNL Effect on Press Coverage of Hillary

"Over the last few days, the tone of the Democratic contest seems to have shifted, with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign more buoyant and Senator Barack Obamas more defensive. That shift ...

Times Editor: "Who Are We to Withhold" Our McCain Hit Piece "From the Public?"

Times editor Richard Berke on the infamous McCain-lobbyist story: "How can we withhold from our readers the fact that there were these incidents of McCain's aides, worried to death about his ...

Not Melodramatic at All

A lead editorial makes an oblique comparison between the "Iron Curtain" of Soviet Communism and a hypothetical fence to secure the U.S.-Mexico border.

Liberal Hypocrisy and the Death Tax, Demonstrated by NYT Publisher Arthur Sulzberger

The NY Post reports that Times Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. sold his Upper West Side apartment to his wife for $3.25 million for what a Times spokeswoman described as "estate-planning purposes."

Andrew Revkin Makes Clear His Skepticism of Global-Warming Skeptics

Environmental reporter Andrew Revkin: "The two-day gathering, which concludes Tuesday, was organized by the Heartland Institute, a Chicago group whose antiregulatory philosophy has long been ...

The Times Gets Taken in By Another Fabulist

Meet "Margaret B. Jones," author of a gang memoir about her days as a half-white girl in the hood that turned out to be totally fabricated.

Linking Today's Illegal Immigration Opponents to Violent Racists of a Century Ago

From a picture caption: "Anti-Catholic - Burning of St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia, 1844. As immigration soared, so did nativist reaction."

Times Finally Takes Bias Question Seriously - When Hillary Raises It

The Times has certainly shown favoritism toward Obama's campaign. A TimesWatch analysis found that in stories dealing significantly with Obama, he was covered in a positive matter by a ratio of ...

Medal of Honor Recipient's Story Unfit to Print?

The New York Post: "The posthumous award of the nation's highest battlefield honor to a Long Island war hero has become another black mark for the Gray Lady. The New York Times carried not a ...

Times Watch Quotes of Note - Fidel Castro's "Great Social Achievements"

Plus "Unfounded Rumors" About Swift Boat Vets & The Spanish Inquisition

Friday's Front Page: How Dare Republicans Criticize Obama!

Chief political reporter Adam Nagourney finds it unseemly that Republicans may actually criticize opponent Barack Obama in the general election.

More Liberal Moralizing From Movie Critic Manohla Dargis

Movie critic/climatologist Dargis on a new documentary with an environmental theme: "With the polar ice caps melting, I want more than poetry and blame. I want a plan."

He Whose Full Name Shall Not Be Spoken

Another day, another hit at a conservative group that dared to use Barack Obama's middle name.

Low Taxes: Enemy of Southern States

Adam Nossiter on Louisiana's new young Republican governor: "[Bobby Jindal] has already talked of cutting taxes on business, prompting questions about whether he will move beyond such traditional ...

John McCain: Disqualified at Birth?

Just the latest flaky, negative story on McCain since he apparently clinched the GOP nomination.

Can You Call Barack Obama "Hussein"? Depends Who's Sayin' It

The Times jumps on a talk radio host for saying Barack Obama's middle name three times - but the Times' own columnists have used it as well.

Times Tops the Tank With Another Scare Story on High Gas Prices

Energy reporter Jad Mouawad frets over rising gas prices in the U.S. - so why does he applaud confiscatory gas taxes in Europe?

Shocking that "Nice" Seattlites Oppose City Homeowner Bailout

"Seattle...began a modest program last month offering loans of up to $5,000 to help a few dozen homeowners avoid losing their homes. Not only are people in Seattle relatively prosperous, but they ...

Defending Obama, Times Again Slimes Swift Boat Vets

Reporter Michael Powell: "In 2004, Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, the Democratic nominee for president that year, and his campaign also tried to ignore unfounded rumors besmirching his war ...

More Overboard Reporting on Waterboarding

When it comes to Scott Shane's reporting, everyone can expect the Spanish Inquisition.