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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Film of Abortion Aftermath Too Hard for "Angry" Film Critic to Take

"I suggest the faint of heart skip the rest of this paragraph," warned Manohla Dargis before relaying the graphic details of the aftermath of an abortion. "My initial and admittedly angry first ...

Film of Abortion Aftermath Too Hard for 'Angry' Film Critic to Take

I suggest the faint of heart skip the rest of this paragraph, warned New York Times movie reviewer Manohla Dargis before relaying the graphic details of the aftermath of an abortion. My initial ...

A Cozy Chat with An African Dictator

Jeffrey Gettleman talks to Eritrean strongman Isaias Afewerki and finds the bright-side of the press-squelching, dissident-jailing dictator: "And his eyes lit up like the fake orange fire in the ...

Linda Greenhouse's "Polarizing" Supreme Court Reporting

Greenhouse begins a new term of the Supreme Court by stamping "conservative" warning labels on everything in sight.

Marc Santora Rams Rudy Again

"An odd cellphone call from his wife, two rogue volunteers exploiting the memory of 9/11 to raise money, renewed questions about shifting stances on crucial domestic issues, upheaval within the ...

A Suspicious "Deep-Pocketed Conservative Group"

The Times front page warns readers about Freedom's Watch, a "deep-pocketed conservative group" with suspicions of White House ties. Did the left-wing MoveOn.org ever receive this level of scrutiny ...

Flubbing the Facts: Jenna Bush "Twice Arrested"?

Reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg flops her fact-checking, and both of her erroneous statements reflected badly on Jenna Bush.

For NYT Co., Helping Lefties Means More Than Just Reporting

Left-wing outfits PETA, Democracy Now and The Nation Institute are just some of the organizations that got money from the New York Times Co. through the company's matching gifts program.

What Does Ahmadinejad Think About the Holocaust?

Laurie Goodstein glides over the Iranian president's "record" and "stance on the Holocaust" without repeating his past denials that the Holocaust ever occurred.

The Times Gets A Little Big-Spending Religion

A rabbi, a Roman Catholic priest and a Baptist minister walk onto the floor of the Senate...

Times Acts as Handmaiden to Feminist Faludi's Deluded Take on 9-11

Patricia Cohen: "The prefeminist thinking was everywhere, Ms. Faludi said: in the media, where female commentators were suddenly scarce after 9-11 and specious trend reports appeared about women ...

An Unenforced Law Against Illegals Is Working "Too Well"

The Times claimed of a Riverside, N.J. law making it illegal to employ or rent to an illegal immigrant: "The law had worked. Perhaps, some said, too well." Too bad that law has never actually ...

Andrew Rosenthal: Bush Has "Done Serious Damage to Civil Liberties"

The Times' editorial page editor (pictured here) also says David Brooks is a "conservative," but has no idea where Maureen Dowd stands.

TV Critic Sniffs Out Pro-Life Message in NBC's "Journeyman"

Ginia Bellafante: "We don't know how Dan has received his special skill, but we can guess that it wasn't bestowed by the National Organization for Women."

The West Is "Demonizing" Iran's President

Among Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's "provocative remarks": Denying the Holocaust.

Times Confesses: Mistake to Grant MoveOn.org Deep Discount

Public Editor Clark Hoyt gets results where the paper's own reporters fail: "The Times had maintained for a week that the standby rate was appropriate, but a company spokeswoman told me late ...

No Matter Who Runs Ad, Giuliani Still Looks Bad

Plus Rudy Giuliani's "Political Exploitation" of 9-11

Times Chips Away at Giuliani's "Myth-Making Moment" of 9-11

The Times is determined to turn Rudy Giuliani's 9-11 leadership into an albatross.

NYT Admits: Dan Rather's Forged Anti-Bush National Guard Report Was "Unsubstantiated"

After constantly terming as "unsubstantiated" allegations by the Swift Boat Veterans against John Kerry, the Times redeploys its favorite word in a welcome new context.

New Book Destroys Credibility of Times' Duke Lacrosse "Rape" Coverage

Why did the Times believe in the Duke rape hoax so long? "[David] Brooks' brand of conservatism - so moderate that he rooted for the Democrats to win control of Congress in 2006 - still put him ...