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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"Bigotry or Bias" Behind "White" Concern About Illegals

Plus: Defending Censorship of a Conservative Campus Newspaper

A New Angle in Defense of Illegal Immigration

The Times weeps for the plight of...big business?

Times Attacks Anti-PC Documentary, Defends College Censorship of Conservatives

Education writer Joseph Berger ludicrously defends Vassar's censorship of conservative speech and criticizes an anti-PC movie: "Does the film offer a fair picture of campus life in 2007, or is it ...

"Republican Message Machine" of Talk Radio, Racists Fight Immigration Bill

Jeff Zeleny finds scary, racist Republicans harassing senators: "At the heart of the opposition rests conservative hosts on talk radio and cable television, which often are a muscular if untamed ...

The Times Hypes Lugar's Criticism of Surge on Front Page

"Mr. Lugar is known to his colleagues as anything but a bitter partisan, which made his remarks all the more stinging." But Lugar has criticized Bush's foreign policy in the past as well, and the ...

Middle East Moral Equivalency: Anti-Israeli Terrorists as "Warriors"

Neil Genzlinger on "Hot House": "The film, though, is necessarily ambiguous as to whether all this will lead either side to be more accommodating or will simply result in smarter warriors." The ...

NYT Compares Bush Actions to Illegal CIA Spying During Cold War

Scott Shane: "Do the actions of the intelligence agencies in the era of Al Qaeda, which include domestic eavesdropping without warrants, secret detentions and interrogations arguably bordering on ...

The New Public Editor's Bizarre Priorities

Clark Hoyt has no problem with the Times running a piece from the terrorist group Hamas, but strongly disapproved of an anti-vegan op-ed.

"Ethics" Meltdown at the Times

Times "ethics" columnist Randy Cohen explains what rules should be obeyed while ignoring those that conflict with his libearl worldview.

Illegal Immigration Concerns in "The Whitest Congressional District in Colorado"

Kirk Johnson on Coloradans concerned about illegal immigration: "Residents and local political leaders say the answer comes down, at least partly, to words like 'order' and 'stability.' Those ...

Times Tells Ralph Nader: Don't Dare Hurt the Democrats Again

The Times' message to Ralph Nader: Stick to your "consumer advocacy" and don't hurt Democratic presidential prospects like you did with Gore in 2000.

Hit Piece on Rupert Murdoch Fizzles

"What worries his critics is that Mr. Murdoch will use The Journal...as yet another tool to further his myriad financial and political agendas." Times Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. would never ...

NYT Movie Critic Praises "Sicko," Wonders About Lack of "Social Welfare" in U.S.

A.O. Scott called Michael Moore "a credit to the Republic" after "Fahrenheit 9-11" and thinks "Sicko" is his "funniest," "most broadly appealing" film yet.

Ethics Columnist Pretentiously Defends Donation to MoveOn.org

The Times' liberal ethicist after being caught donating to MoveOn.org: "Few papers would object to a journalist donating to the Boy Scouts or joining the Catholic Church. But the former has an ...

Reporter-Columnist Bashes "Blowhard Fringe" Against Immigration Bill

Reporter-turned-columnist Timothy Egan on talk radio hosts against illegal immigration: "...pragmatism is being drowned out by the bullies with electronic bullhorns, whove got their party leaders ...

Dumpster Diving as a Morally Superior Lifestyle

The Times flatters a bunch of freeloading leftists who call themselves "freegans."

Ruthless Cuban Communist "an Advocate for Women's Rights"?

That's the ludicrous description the Times gives to Vilma Espin, the wife of Cuban leader Raul Castro.

First Clarence Thomas, Now Ronald Reagan

Sunday's theme: Let liberals loose on respected Republican figures under the guise of book reviews.

Our Lead Story: Accusations of US-Al Qaeda Ties

Alissa Rubin, the Times newest Iraq War pessimist: "Many Iraqis, beleaguered at every turn, said they saw the bomb as...one more piece of evidence that the Americans could not protect them from ...

Hillary and Obama, Centrists?

A few bits of labeling bias.