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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The Times Favorite 'Conservative' David Frum Knocks Uneducated Palin and O'Reilly Fans

David Frum, another one of the Times' favorite conservatives: "...you might describe contemporary American politics as a class struggle between those with more education than money against those ...

The Times Sets the 2011 Congressional Table With Typical Pro-Dem Slant

Reporters Jackie Calmes and David Herszenhorn let their dislike of tax cuts show: "Republican leaders also made the rounds of the Sunday talk shows to support keeping the rates low for all ...

Inflammatory Keith Olbermann Treated Far Kinder Than Bill Buckley Was by NY Times Mag

Deborah Solomon, who is in charge of the Q&A section of the New York Times Sunday Magazine, treated the consistently offensive MSNBC host Keith Olbermann with consideration, yet flayed ...

Inflammatory Keith Olbermann Treated Far Kinder Than Bill Buckley Was by NYT Mag

Deborah Solomon, who is in charge of the Q&A in the Times Sunday Magazine, treated the constantly hateful and offensive Keith Olbermann with consideration, yet had flayed conservative icon ...

An Extremely Slanted Piece on Oklahoma's Strike Against 'Shariah' Law

James McKinley Jr.'s hostile, slanted story on a pre-emptive strike by "archconservatives" and "right-wing Republican lawmakers" against shariah law in Oklahoma brought up faulty arguments against ...

Times Watch Quotes of Note - Voters 'Don't Want' GOP to Stop Obama-care for Fear of 'Gridlock'

Also, Frank Rich warns that the radical right's anger will target "gays, Latinos and Muslims," and conservatives lie about vote fraud.

Voters 'Don't Want' GOP to Stop Obama-care for Fear of 'Gridlock'

Also: Frank Rich stirs fears that radical right's anger will target gays, Latinos and Muslims.

NYT's Gail Collins Praises 'Conservative' David Brooks as Obama's Favorite Journalist, a 'Sane Republican'

Liberal New York Times columnist Gail Collins pays "conservative" columnist David Brooks the ultimate tribute: "This is why Barack Obama likes you so much. (Admit it, when you're around he ignores ...

Gail Collins Praises David Brooks as Obama's Favorite Journalist, a 'Sane Republican' He Could Do Business With

Liberal columnist Gail Collins pays "conservative" columnist David Brooks the ultimate tribute: "This is why Barack Obama likes you so much. (Admit it, when you're around he ignores every other ...

Timothy Egan on the Stupidity of Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann

Former reporter turned columnist Timothy Egan, classy as ever: "Palin no longer has to govern, since quitting halfway through her term in Alaska. Relying on her singular, God-given inability to ...

Times 'New Media' Editor Suggests Print Subscribers Are Suckers

So much for those sharp, sophisticated Times readers. Editor Gerald Marzorati said at a new media conference that Times subscribers have no clue how much they're spending on the print edition: "We ...

Thomas Friedman Slams 'Fox TV' for Spreading 'Hate and Venom' Towards Obama

Thomas Friedman ended a tribute to American creativity and optimism with an arbitrary put down of Fox News: "I keep meeting these people any time I travel outside of Wash-they didn't get the word ...

The New York Times Cozies up to Playful Communists in Manhattan

For some reason, the New York Times finds a local group of Communists positively cuddlesome: "If communists have a reputation for anything, it is seriousness. (And if you have seen old photos of ...

Cozying up to Playful Communists in Manhattan

For some reason, the Times finds a local group of Communists positively cuddlesome: "If communists have a reputation for anything, it is seriousness. (And if you have seen old photos of Karl Marx, ...

Columnist Nicholas Kristof on America, 'The Banana Republic'

Then move! Nicholas Kristof argues things are worse off in the United States than Guyana: "The richest 1 percent of Americans now take home almost 24 percent of income, up from almost 9 percent in ...

Media Reporter Passes the Mike to Left-Wing Maddow to Defend Olbermann, Blast Fox News

Media reporter Brian Stelter devoted four paragraphs of his 10-paragraph story on Keith Olbermann's return from his suspension by MSNBC to quoting an on-air harangue of Fox News from Olbermann's ...

NY Times Reporter Michael Cooper Deflates Pro-Republican 'Myths of the Midterm'

New York Times reporter Michael Cooper "debunks the myths of the midterm" in ways that each happen to make Democratic prospects look not so bleak: "Return to the Republican Fold" (Cooper denied ...

NYT Celebrates Hypothetical Success of Far-Left Nation Mag, Lamented National Review 'Nastiness' After 2008 Election

Jeremy Peters celebrates success at the far-left Nation that has yet to occur: "Despite all the gloom, could last week's Democratic pummeling actually have a silver lining for The Nation, once ...

Reporter Michael Cooper Deflates Pro-Republican 'Myths of the Midterm'

Michael Cooper "debunks the myths of the midterm" in ways that each happen to make Democratic prospects look not so bleak: Return to the Republican Fold (Cooper denied it.) The Sweeping Mandate ...

NY Times' Jackie Calmes Confidently Claims GOP Repeal of Obama-Care Would Cost Money

New York Times reporter Jackie Calmes pretends it's a certainty that Obama-care will actually save money: "Republicans also say they will try to deny money to put Mr. Obama's new health care law ...