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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John Edwards, Still Not a Liberal

The "populist" is calling for higher taxes on those making over $200,000 a year.

Increase in Iraq War Support Baffles Times' Pollsters

The Times actually did another poll and got the same result. Would the Times have questioned the apparent anomaly if it had gone the other way?

Showing Cuddly Animals, Cuddling Animal Rights Activists

The Times helps animal-rights groups into the mainstream. And bonus stupidity from actress Cameron Diaz.

The "Obesity Epidemic" - Poor, Minorities Hardest Hit

The Times goes English-only? A business reporter bashes McDonald's for advertising its new giant soft drink in several languages.

Editor Bill Keller Defends His Paper's Shoddy Duke Rape Hoax Coverage

Executive Editor Bill Keller says criticism of his paper's coverage of the Duke lacrosse case has "in some instances been unfair to the point of hysteria." But former Public Editor Daniel Okrent ...

"The Madman in Charge Doesn't Know What He's Doing"

Theatre critic Ben Brantley reviews a play by left-wing playwright Harold Pinter and dutifully places Pinter's anti-Bush backstory at center stage.

John Edwards' Event "Could Not Have Been More Picturesquely American - Democracy in Action..."

A glowing profile of the Edwards' campaign: "Surrounding him were about 100 voters, all seated on outdoor chairs provided by the local Congregational church, in a scene that could not have been ...

Poor Illegal Immigrants, Still in "the Shadows"

Nina Bernstein sobs: "It was part of a raid that has complicated, but not defeated, this city's novel plan to bring illegal immigrants out of the shadows."

Rudy the Racist? The Times' Slanted Take on Rudy's Mayoralty

Apparently, racist police brutality began and ended in New York City with Mayor Rudy Giuliani. And when did hatemonger Al Sharpton earn the right to comment on anyone else's failures to attain ...

After Duke, Sudden Concern for "Racial Overtones" in Rape Allegations

Faced with a black athlete as a suspect and an alleged rape victim who is white, the Times displays a concern for "racial overtones" totally absent in its shoddy coverage of the Duke lacrosse ...

Fred Thompson's "Trophy Wife"

Plus: Low taxes cause child abuse and a "charismatic" terrorist leader

If It's Friday, It Must be Robin Finn Fawning Over a Liberal

For the third Friday in a row, reporter Robin Finn "Public Lives" profile celebrated a liberal activist, sidestepping such journalistic niceties as balance.

Passing Along Anti-Murdoch Zingers from the Wall Street Journal

The Times dreads the prospect of Rupert Murdoch taking over its rival.

A Campaign 2008 Portent? Negativity and Unbalanced Labeling

Balance, NYT style: The GOP is trying to appeal to "conservatives," while Democrat John Edwards is free to cite the "imposing historical figure" of Bobby Kennedy without being called a liberal.

The Kennedys and Their Magical Common-Man Friends

Never worked for a living? "You haven't missed a thing." Wild coincidence, or self-serving Kennedy family folklore?

Neil MacFarquhar's Latest Knee-Jerk Defense of a Muslim Charity

The Times' Muslim-beat reporter writes like a pro-Muslim advocate: "For American Muslims, whose religion stipulates that they give 2.5 percent of their annual income to charity, the shuttering of ...

Even Liberals See a Liberal Bias at the Times

A poll from Rasmussen Reports finds the Times "the only media outlet that liberals are more likely to see as having a liberal bias than a conservative bias."

Steven Erlanger's Latest Whitewash of Hamas

Erlanger: The anti-Israeli terrorist Hamas is "in its way, pragmatic," the Palestinian terrorist leader Yasir Arafat was a "charismatic man," and Israel and the U.S. are responsible for the ...

Double Standards on Sex Scandals: Giuliani Supporter vs. Hillary Supporter

"[Sen. David Vitter's] admission is also a blow to the presidential campaign of Rudolph W. Giuliani, for whom he is Southern campaign chairman." But when the mayor of L.A., one of Hillary's ...

The Times Pummels Hillary Clinton Bio by Its Own Reporters - Again

Whatever happened to old-fashioned journalistic back-scratching? The Times again reviews two recent Hillary bios, and again its guest critic prefers one by former Washington Post Watergate legend ...