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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Flashback: Elian Gonzalez "Reunited with His Father in Cuba"

The Times skipped the parts about the armed federal raid on the family's house.

"Strong Incentives to Comply" in Cuba Fridge Swap

What sort of "strong incentives" apply in a Communist dictatorship? Reporter Simon Romero doesn't ask, but does talk about the "free" health care and education in Cuba.

Cooper vs. Condi: NYT Smacks Rice Around

In an unsympathetic evaluation, reporter Helene Cooper promoted the view that "as national security adviser [Condoleezza Rice] largely served as a rubber stamp for a series of foreign policy ...

More Advocacy for U.S. Muslims from Reporter Neil MacFarquhar

MacFarquhar quotes Muslim Rep. Keith Ellison decrying "bigoted attacks" from two GOP Representatives - but fails to mention Ellison's comparison of 9-11 to the Reichstag Fire.

"Severe Cutbacks in Funding" During Reagan Years to Blame for Product-Related Deaths?

A bias toward bureaucracy in Eric Lipton's front-page story: "...the Bush-appointed commissioners voiced few objections as the already tiny agency - now just 420 workers - was pared almost to the ...

Editor Says Liberal Bias in NYT "Relatively Rare"

Plus: Michael Vick, Duke & a Double Standard on Snitching

Hitting Rudy Where He's Strongest: 9-11

"...when the city announced that Mr. Giuliani would speak next month at the sixth anniversary of the attacks, some relatives of people who died on Sept. 11 said they were dismayed, some because ...

Sen. Craig Scandal Means GOP Is Doomed (Again)

Reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg lovingly lingered over a long list of Republican ethical woes.

Suspicious in Seattle? Times Concerned with "Alleged Racial Profiling" on Ferry

The FBI released photos taken on a Puget Sound ferry of two suspicious men and asked the pubilc for help in identifying them. The Times takes a predictable PC angle (and doesn't run the photos).

Gonzales Resigns, Times Lashes Out at Bush-Cheney "Government-by-Fiat"

The Times uses Gonzales' resignation to pile on: "It was Vice President Dick Cheney and his top legal adviser, David S. Addington, who...pushed for a radical rewriting of American policies on such ...

Politics With Your Popcorn: The Sequel

Not even a story on movie sequels is immune from liberal politics.

Reporter Lectures Maliki for Criticizing Hillary, Buries Good News from Iraq

James Glanz: "But Mr. Maliki appeared to reach a new level of stridency with his reply to Senator Clinton, of New York, and Senator Levin, of Michigan."

"Ever Upbeat" Bush Deluded in His Iraq War Optimism

Steven Lee Myers: "'We are still in the early stages of our new operations,' Mr. Bush said in the radio address broadcast Saturday, as if there were not those who fervently wished the country was ...

NYT: Hopes for Iraq "Dim" and "Grim" - Other Outlets Takes More Mixed View

From Mark Mazzetti's lead story: "The assessment, known as a National Intelligence Estimate, casts strong doubts on the viability of the Bush administration strategy in Iraq.

Frank Rich on "the Dark Heart of Rovian Republicanism"

What you've been missing since Times Select took away free access to Frank Rich's liberal rants.

The "Domineering," "Bombastic" Mine Owner That Doesn't Believe in Global Warming

The Times uses name-calling on Robert Murray, owner of the Utah mine that collapsed - and drags in his disbelief in global warming dogma.

Bush's "Bizarre" Decision to Talk About the Vietnam War

The Times can't understand how Bush can cite the Vietnam War in defense of the Iraq War - even though the Times has been critically comparing Iraq to Vietnam for years.

Roger Cohen: Liberal Reporter Turned Liberal Columnist

"The Bush presidency has shown contempt for due process...." And reporter-turned-columnist Cohen was just getting warmed up.

9-11 Failures: Blaming Bush's Neo-Cons, Ignoring Clinton's Exaggerations

The Times' lead editorial ignores Clinton's culpability in the pre-9-11 hunt for Osama bin Laden, while blaming Bush's "neo-conservative agenda" for distracting the CIA.

Support the Iraq War with Higher Taxes and a Draft?

Pentagon reporter Thom Shanker again pushes higher taxes as a "national sacrifice" for the war in Iraq.