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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Excoriating Bush's 8 Attorney Firings, Ignoring Clinton's 93

The Times has led the rest of the press in excorating Bush for firing eight U.S. attorneys - but what about Clinton in 1993?

Wong Finds a Way to Spin Early Success of the Troop "Surge"

Edward Wong makes the worst out of some good news from Iraq: "The heightened American street presence may already have contributed to an increase in the percentage of American deaths that occur in ...

No Critical CAIR in the Times

Reporter Neil MacFarquhar avoids the controversial accusations about the "Islamic civil rights group" CAIR, while suggesting its critics are motivated by hatred and McCarthyism.

Gee, Why Is Dick Cheney So Secretive?

Plus: An Honorable Title for a Hatemonger & Cheney the Puppeteer

Dictatorships Like North Korea Merely "In Disfavor with the U.S."?

American the bully boy? "China had the dubious distinction of being lumped in one section of the report alongside a number of governments that are in disfavor with the United States." Such ...

Richard Armitage, the Forgotten Man

Who is this "government official" of which the Times speaks so vaguely, who may have committed a "serious offense"?

Libby Case Showed "Puppeteer" Cheney "Pulling the Strings"

In the wake of Lewis Libby's conviction, an ominous headline pondered whether the vice president would be next: "A Judgment on Cheney Is Still to Come."

Libby Verdict Bad, Bad, Bad News for Bush

Jim Rutenberg sees the Democrats having "a good shot at recapturing the White House in 2008," while Bush "faces an array of political and policy problems that seem to be growing by the day."

Three Obscure Novelists Use Sunday's Editorial Page to Expound on...Climate Change?

"Prompted by a New York winter that went from disturbing warmth to bone-chilling cold practically overnight, the Op-Ed page asked four writers from four different corners of the globe to report on ...

The Times Misleads: Giuliani Speech Didn't Give Clinton's Terror Policies a Pass

Adam Nagourney wrenches a comment out of context and claims: "Mr. Giuliani departed from a standard criticism of President Bill Clinton by Republicans, who have faulted him for not recognizing the ...

Gossipy Times: Giuliani's Children Dragged into the Campaign

The Times talks about Giuliani's "estrangement" from his 21-year-old son and ponders if he's still close to his high school-aged daughter. Did Chelsea Clinton get this kind of scrutiny?

Is the Times Pushing for National Health Care?

The paper devotes most of its latest poll to health care questions and claims most would willingly pay more taxes for it. But that number is the same as it was in 1993.

More Imbalance in Illegal Immigration Coverage

Why have the "liberals" abandoned the debate over illegal immigrants?

Still Nothing on Cheney Death Wishes, but Room for "Vandalism" at Edwards' "Virtual" Campaign HQ

The Times' political blog (and the newspaper itself) again avoid the Cheney death wishes from the left, while remaining hypersensitive to conservative blog attacks on liberals.

Ignoring Left-Wing Death Wishes for Dick Cheney

The Times has never shied away from blaming conservative blogs for all manner of sins - but will it address the wishes for Dick Cheney's assassination from the left-wing Internet community?

Hostility Toward France's Tough-on-Crime Candidate

Elaine Sciolino on a popular French candidate for president: "Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, the candidate of the governing center-right Union for a Popular Movement party, has yet to shed his ...

Gee, Why Is Dick Cheney So Secretive?

Today's tragic incident answers the question, but the Times was puzzled in this morning's paper.

Pro-Abortion Frances Kissling's "Love for the Church"

The retiring leader of Catholics for a Free Choice has a funny way of demonstrating it.

More Honorable Labeling for Demagogue Al Sharpton

Guess who the Times considers "one of the most vocal and recognizable civil rights leaders of our time."

The Times Preens Over Its Skepticism on Iranian Meddling in Iraq

After being criticized by liberals after failure to find huge stocks of WMD, the Times leans heavily towards skepticism about regarding Iran's involvement with Shiites in Iraq.