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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Paul Krugman Suddenly Remembers the Huge Deficit to Defend Tax Hike on the Wealthy

Krugman switches principles. After years of insisting Obama's deficits weren't a problem, he uses the issue as a hammer to viciously attack Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell's "extortion" - ...

James McKinley Jr. Leads the Cheers for Texas Gov. Candidate Against GOP's Rick Perry

McKinley shows his continuing faith in Democrat Bill White: "Yet recent polls suggest Texas has a horse race for the governor's office after all. The Democratic candidate, former Mayor Bill White ...

NY Times Writer Matt Bai Deplores GOP Attacks on Obama as 'the Other,' Hints at Racism

New York Times writer Matt Bai: "White House advisers contend that as the conservative insinuations about Mr. Obama grow more pronounced, the extremism that underlies them will become self-evident ...

Matt Bai Deplores GOP Attacks on Obama as 'the Other,' Hints at Racism

Matt Bai: "White House advisers contend that as the conservative insinuations about Mr. Obama grow more pronounced, the extremism that underlies them will become self-evident to the public."

Zernike Warns of 'Drive for Ideological Purity' Among 'Far to the Right' Tea Party Candidates

Reporter Kate Zernike warns that Sen. Jim DeMint "could be a model for how the two might co-exist - or an example of how the drive for ideological purity could turn the Republicans into a niche ...

Times Leads Off Front-Page Christine O'Donnell Story With Sex Talk

The Times paints a hungover Delaware Republican Party in regret over the surprise nomination of a Tea Party candidate and Sarah Palin endorsee: "In the bright light of Wednesday morning, Christine ...

Times Plasters More Old Complaints Against NY GOP Gov Candidate Paladino on Front Page

For the second day in a row, these old accusations qualify as front-page news: "[Democrats] intend to keep reminding the public of [GOP candidate Paladino's] more outrageous moments, like his ...

Both Parties Equally Vulnerable in November? Hardly

The Times tries to buck up the Democrats for November: "But the latest New York Times/CBS News poll also finds that while voters rate the performance of Democrats negatively, they view Republicans ...

Beware of GOP Gov Candidate Carl Paladino's 'Bluster and Belligerence,' New Yorkers

A Tea Party candidate wins in New York State, and reporters David Halbfinger and Michael Barbaro shudder. "The result was a potentially destabilizing blow for New York Republicans. It put at the ...

Times Calls Koran-Threatening Rev. Terry Jones 'Fanatic' in News Story on Front Page

Damien Cave unleashes liberal snobbery on Koran-threatening preacher and "fanatic" Terry Jones of Gainesville, while accusing him, not the media, of creating a spectacle: "Educated and ...

Newt Gingrich the 'Un-Christian' 'Bomb Thrower'

Reporter Michael Shear on the former Speaker's criticism of Barack Obama's "Keynan, anti-colonial" world view: "Mr. Gingrich has been a bomb thrower since he was a backbencher in the House trying ...

Frank Rich Unleashes His Inner (Snore) Bob Herbert, Lashes Out at '80s Greed

Frank Rich unleashes his inner (snore) Bob Herbert: "He must join the many who are talking about why the top 1 percent of American earners now take home nearly a quarter of Americans' total income ...

Book Critic Kakutani: Beck Fans Moved by Threat of Black President

Charming: Book critic Kakutani on the Tea Party movement, composed of among other things "militia members, Ayn Randers, Limbaugh 'ditto heads,' Glenn Beck fanatics, birthers, Birchers, and ...

Times Fears 'Small Cadre' of 'Deep-Pocketed' GOP Donors Will 'Buy the Election'

Paranoia will destroy ya. Reporter Michael Luo's front-page fears for Democrats: "The yawning gap in independent interest group spending is alarming some Democratic officials, who argue that it ...

NY Times Hit Piece on John Boehner's 'Especially Deep' Ties to 'Lobbyist Friends' Ignores Donations to Dems

The week after Obama went after Rep. John Boehner by name, the New York Times obliges with a Sunday front-page hit piece on the Republican leader's "especially deep" and "especially tight ties" ...

The Times Splashes in the Shallow End with Meghan McCain, Brave Republican Rebel and Ugg Boots Wearer

Not a parody: Times writer Liesl Schillinger's praiss "Dirty Sex Politics," Meghan McCain's account of her father's 2008 presidential campaign. "Her book is not only a front-row view of one of the ...

Times Hit Piece on GOP Boehner's 'Especially Deep' Ties to 'Lobbyist Friends' Ignores Donations to Dems

The week after Obama went after Rep. John Boehner by name, the Times obliges with a Sunday front-page hit piece on the Republican leader's "especially deep" and "especially tight ties" with ...

At Last: A Use For the New York Times in Print

A New York Times contributor to the Home section recommends using newspapers along with compost to kill garden weeds. Is publisher Arthur Sulzberger (who says the Times will eventually no longer ...

At Last: A Use For the Times in Print

A Times contributor recommends using newspapers along with compost to kill garden weeds. Does publisher Arthur Sulzberger (who says the Times will eventually no longer issue a print edition) know ...

Jackie Calmes: No Moderates Left in the GOP

Jackie Calmes on the demise of mainstream Republicans: "I don't think there are many of those left, Sam, and there's gonna be fewer of them once this election is held. Some of them have already ...