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 Sad Supreme Court Didn't Do "The Right Thing" in 2000 and Usher in Gore

Times wishes "Supreme Court had done the right thing and ruled for Al Gore" in 2000. But the Times' own reporting showed that Bush would have won the statewide manual recount requested by Gore.

Medal of Honor Winner'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 ...

Japan's Welfare System Starving People to Death

"In a way that the words of no living person could, the diary [of a man who starved] has shown the human costs of the economic transformation in Japan." But the man never asked relatives or ...

GOP a "Truly Vicious Political Movement," "Punishing...Injured Children"

Alleged economics columnist Paul Krugman takes more dictation from the left-wing blogosphere.

Long-Shot Dems Get Flattering Front-Page Profiles; What About the GOP?

Three favorable profiles of Democratic long-shots in the Times in less than three weeks, two on the front page, none with a news hook. The GOP hasn't fared quite as well.

Al Gore, from "Lost Soul" to "International Hero"

Jim Rutenberg provides some oxygen to the "Draft Gore!" movement.

Times Profiles Candidate: "I'm a Democrat Because I'm a Christian"

Double standard? Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Mississippi says "I'm a Democrat because I'm a Christian" - but the Times doesn't raise an eyebrow at this particular mixing of religion and ...

GOP "Wasted Little Time in Going After" Dems S-CHIP Poster Child

David Herszenhorn: "Republicans on Capitol Hill, who were gearing up to use Graeme as evidence that Democrats have overexpanded the health program to include families wealthy enough to afford ...

Bush's "Domestic Agenda in Tatters"...Again!

White House reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg leads off with a favorite phrase: "With his domestic agenda in tatters...."

Murderous Che Guevara Still Chic at the NYT

Che Guevara chic still reigns at the Times: The "revolutionary icon" is at least being "used to inspire the next generation of Cubans."

Murder Case Against Marines Collapsing: Times Called Haditha a "Massacre"

As the case against marines in the killing of Iraqi civilians in Haditha disintegrates, a review of Paul von Zielbauer's slanted coverage of the "massacre."

Christian Conservatives in "Panic" Mode Over Giuliani

Laurie Goodstein, always alert for signs of a crackup on the religious right, thinks she may have found it with the split among conservative Christians over Giuliani. On three separate occasions ...

Giuliani Just Can't Do Anything Right

Plus: Squeamish Liberal Movie Critic Warns Readers Not to Read Graph Describing Abortion

Stolberg's Anti-Bush Conspiracy Theory

Sheryl Gay Stolberg gets paranoid: "Mr. Beane, as it turned out, had been quoted in the local newspaper before Mr. Bush arrived. He was the first person in line to get tickets to the town hall ...

Times Doubts "Angry" Clarence Thomas Can Be Impartial

Clarence Thomas's "anger" over his confirmation means he can't judge ACLU cases objectively - but former ACLU lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg can?

GOP Candidates Courting "Political Risk of Appearing in Lock Step" with Bush on Health Veto

Patrick Healy sets up the GOP's presidential candidates for a backlash.

Unemployment Low, Stock Market High - But NYT Sees Economy In "Turmoil"

Three articles examine various aspects of the "crisis" in the U.S. economy. What crisis?

Greenhouse Finds Voter ID Requirements "Objectionable"

Supreme Court reporter Linda Greenhouse takes sides on an upcoming court case: "Well, what's objectionable about it is what kinds of IDs are people likely to have?...So the disparate impact of a ...

Times Misleads on Phony "Phony Soldiers" Controversy

A Senate vote gives the Times an excuse to jump into a phony controversy over comments made by Rush Limbaugh and his alleged "...insinuation that members of the military who question the Iraq war ...

The Times' Hypocritical Cries of Verizon's "Censorship"

A lead editorial accuses Verizon Wireless of censoring political speech - but what about the Times' editorials that call for limiting political speech before elections in the name of campaign ...