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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No Machine Politics in Florida Congressional Race, Times Admits

The Times turns around on allegations of voting machine malfunction in a disputed Congressional race in Florida won by a Republican.

Hiding Louis Farrakhan's Racist Rants

The Times' reporter on the Muslim-American beat, Neil MacFarquhar, waits until the 30th paragraph to issue a brief sentence on Farrakhan's "speeches that were deemed racist."

Chris "American Fascists" Hedges as Sensible As Ever

Plus: Are evolution critics like 9-11 terrorists? And the "positive qualities" of Idi Amin

Another Times Reporter Goes on Rose Show and Says Bush's "Surge" May Work

Will the Times criticize Sabrina Tavernise for her comments on the Charlie Rose show, like it did those of military reporter Michael Gordon?

Republican Rudy vs. Democrat Richardson: Not Even Close

In the Democratic corner: "Exuberant and experienced..." In the Republican corner: "Giuliani Is Seeing Only Softballs."

"Both Parties" Dealing with 2008 Controversies?

The Times balances a juicy fight between the two leading Democratic candidates with one between John McCain and two people not running for anything.

The Times Asks: Is It Safe for Men to Kiss in Public?

Guy Trebay goes on (and on and on) about the Snickers Super Bowl commercial showing two men accidentally kissing: "But for some the commercial left the lingering question of who owns the kiss? How ...

Surprise: Times Finds Tougher Border Security Actually Works

Maybe reporter James McKinley can inform his paper's editorial page, which last Sunday proclaimed that increased border security wasn't working.

Cuba Honors Pro-Castro NYT Reporter

Herbert Matthews fawning interview of Fidel Castro in 1957 made the future Communist dictator an international figure.

The Times Falsely Blames GOP for Denying Troop Debate

"...Republicans were able to deny opponents of the troop increase a debate on a resolution challenging Mr. Bush." But which party is really trying to stop a full debate on Bush's plan for more ...

Alessandra Wonders Why Fox's Comedy Show Targets the Left

Plus cheap shots at Rush: "Mr. Limbaugh is the newly elected commander in chief, and he tells his fellow Americans that his Democratic opponent, Howard Dean, is 'finally getting the medical ...

Slanting the Cervical Cancer Vaccine Story

"Groups wary of drug industry motives" versus "religious and cultural conservatives." What, no liberals?

Idi Amin's "Positive Qualities"?

Actor Forest Whitaker's new biopic about the bloodthirsty dictator "nailed Amin's complexities."

A Liberal Resurgence in the U.S.? The Times Can Only Hope

Liberals are back, despite "years of ridicule, battering" and trashing "by generations of conservative candidates and commentators."

Reporter Claims Terror Surveillance Program Unaffected by his Scoop - But His Newspaper Says Different

Eric Lichtblau: "...both of these operations are still in existence without any impact on their ability to function. In both cases, we were warned that the plug would be pulled on these programs ...

"Property-Rights Fanatics" Love the Old Confederacy

Reporter Adam Nossiter uses two murderers who moved to South Carolina from New Hampshire to paint a whole town as guilty.

The Times Embraces Left-Wing Bloggers at Libby Trial

Scott Shane's front-page story celebrates the left-wingers at Firedoglake for their work from the Libby trial, ignoring the conservative master of Plame-gate details, Tom Maguire.

Chris Hedges on "American Fascists" of the Christian Right on Colbert Show

The former Times reporter on Christian Right leaders: "...what they have done is pervert, destroy, and hollow out the actual heart of the Christian religion. I mean look at the little empires that ...

Theory of Evolution Criticized, WTC Attacked...Any Connection?

Dennis Overbye: "In [Sagan's] absence, the public discourse on his favorite issues...has not fared well. The teaching of evolution in public schools has become a bitter bone of contention...and of ...

The "Feminist Writings" of Hateful, Vulgar Edwards' Bloggers "Deemed Anti-Catholic"

The editor of the Times political blog seems sympathetic to the offensive tag team of bloggers Marcotte and McEwan, who resigned from the Edwards campaign after their hateful posts became an issue.