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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Krugman on "Journalists Who Hate the Clintons"

Paul Krugman fires back on Hillary-hating Obama-supporters: "As I've said, you've been played like a fiddle by journalists who hate the Clintons, and just make stuff up about how evil they are."

Cover-to-Cover Bias in the Sunday Book Review

This week's "politics" issue of the book review follows a pattern: Liberal reviewers praising liberal books and dismissing conservative ones.

Using Left-Wing Talking Points to Push Reporter's 9-11 Book

The liberal publishing house behind Philip Shenon's book on 9-11 is pushing left-wing talking points to sell it, such as: "Why the Commission did not expose Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's egregious ...

Krugman: Obama Supporters Are Like Nixon

Columnist Paul Krugman alienates his liberal allies: "I'm not the first to point out that the Obama campaign seems dangerously close to becoming a cult of personality."

"Relentless" Bush's "Assault" on Democrats at CPAC?

The thin-skinned Times calls Bush's mild words in his speech at a conservative conference an "assault."

Nicholas Confessore on the GOP's Self-Important Conservative "Kingmakers"

Liberal magazine writer turned Times reporter writes on conservative activists: "They still see themselves as indispensable kingmakers without whom no Republican can win the nomination, let alone ...

Times Emphasizes Emotional Reactions of Conservatives to McCain's Speech

The paper's coverage of Mitt Romney since Thanksgiving was more negative than positive by a ratio of over 3-1. John McCain? 25-1 positive.

"Talk Radio's Leading Gasbag"

Another former Times reporter, Timothy Egan (pictured), unleashes on Mitt Romney and Rush Limbaugh.

"Mr. Bush's Hard-Hearted Calls to Freeze Domestic Spending"

Special bonus insult in Friday's editorial: Republicans concerned about illegal immigration are "xenophobic."

Former NYT Editorial Page Editor on GOP: "These People Are Nuts"

Gail Collins makes this astute observation: "Meanwhile, the Republican far right has fallen into a remarkable snit over John McCain's march to the nomination. Rush Limbaugh is virtually gnawing ...

Times Reporter Salutes Disgraced Sandy Berger as "on Top of al-Qaeda"

In an interview on his book on the 9-11 commission, Philip Shenon defends Clinton's disgraced national security adviser Sandy "Burglar," as well as Clinton partisan Richard Clarke.

Ex-Editor Howell Raines Lashes Out at "Petroleum Republicans" & Romney

The Republican Party and Mitt Romney come in for more abuse by the Times' always classy ex-executive editor Howell Raines.

No Liberals Among the Dems, But Plenty of Conservatives on GOP Side

A stark double standard on pinning ideological labels on the parties.

Economics Reporter Sniffs at U.S. Consumerism, Harkens Back to 80s "Age of Greed"

Peter Goodman revives a golden oldie in his dismissive take on American spending habits: "The Me Decade was declared dead in the recession of the early 1980s, only to yield to the Age of Greed and ...

Luo Mocks "Buttoned-Down Multimillionaire" Mitt

To reporter Michael Luo, Mitt Romney is a "buttoned-down multimillionaire" and a "one-time leveraged-buyout artist" who is "lobbing conservative grenades once again."

Bush to "Sharply Reduce Domestic Spending"? Where?

A Times' reporter's claim of sharply reduced domestic spending is contradicted on the same page of his own paper: "...this year's budget limits the growth of all federal programs, other than the ...

A Double Standard on Political Slurs?

An incident where Hillary Clinton was called a "bitch" in front of John McCain has gotten far more attention than when someone laid into "Bush the bastard" at a Hillary event.

What? Times Thinks McCain's Summer Meltdown Caused by Moves to the Right

According to Elisabeth Bumiller, the McCain campaign collapsed last summer because he ran to the right on tax cuts and religion - but she doesn't mention how McCain's stance on amnesty for ...

Wal-Mart Pleases Business Reporter by Tacking Left

"In Wal-Mart we trust? After years of criticism that it was a poor corporate citizen and miserly employer, maybe."

The "Moderate" New Baptist Covenant, Led by Jimmy Carter

No liberal label for an Atlanta meeting in which attendees "hoped they could pool their resources and voices to push for universal health coverage, or to fight global warming."