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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8/5/2010 12:15 PM ET
Reporter Kirk Johnson plugs for a Colorado Democrat congresswoman who "said she hoped talk [of the "rabid tone" of the Tea Party movement] would work to her advantage and that of other Democrats. ...
8/5/2010 10:42 AM ET
A federal judge's ruling against Prop 8, the 2008 voter initiative banning gay marriage in California, was the source of editorial joy: "...a stirring and eloquently reasoned denunciation of all ...
8/4/2010 5:39 PM ET
The New York Times again suggests opposition to a mosque two blocks from Ground Zero is coming from interfering outsiders, and dances around the awkward question of the project's secret funding. ...
8/4/2010 1:49 PM ET
Charlie Savage again finds benign terms to describe the far-left outfit Center for Constitutional Rights in its quest to assist alleged Christmas airline bombing plotter Anwar al-Awlaki.
8/4/2010 1:12 PM ET
Monica Davey covers the vote on a Missouri measure that would nullify a key element of Obama-care, but leaves off the figures: Obama-care went down to defeat by an enormous margin - 71%-29%, ...
8/4/2010 11:14 AM ET
The Times again suggests opposition to a mosque two blocks from Ground Zero is coming from interfering outsiders, and dances around the awkward question of the project's secret funding. Meanwhile, ...
8/3/2010 2:49 PM ET
Times reporters shrug off Democratic scandals: "In the bazaar that is Capitol Hill, there is nothing surprising about lawmakers' doing favors for campaign donors or intervening with federal ...
8/3/2010 1:42 PM ET
From Douglas Martin's obituary for Lenora Lebron, who in 1954 led a group of Puerto Rican nationalists who shot five congressmen on the House floor: "Ms. Lebrón was imprisoned for 25 years and ...
8/3/2010 12:53 PM ET
Lamenting the lack of firebombs in Athens? "On this night, however, there were no firebombs or impassioned speeches. Like Exarcheia itself, it seems, the country's rebel spirit has seen better ...
8/3/2010 12:14 PM ET
Conservative legend Norman Podhoretz's thoughts are the "intemperate rantings" of "an embittered, paranoid crank," according to Damon Linker, an unidentified liberal writer who was given two ...
8/2/2010 2:39 PM ET
The Times cites Rep. James Clyburn as a credible source on racism, and fails to challenge his false claim of Tea Party protesters hurling racial slurs on Capitol Hill on March 20. No surprise ...
8/2/2010 1:52 PM ET
Alessandra Stanley found CNN international reporter Christiane Amanpour "direct and challenging" in her first appearance hosting ABC's Sunday political roundtable discussion "This Week."
8/2/2010 1:13 PM ET
The Times has defended the free speech in violent video games and animal cruelty videos, but draws the line at (gasp) campaign ads paid for by corporations.
7/30/2010 12:46 PM ET
Matt Bai and Frank Rich keep spouting myths about the racist Tea Party, while Kevin Sack wonders why Texans aren't more grateful about Obama-care.
7/30/2010 12:43 PM ET
Plus Frank Rich and Matt Bai spout more myths about racist Tea Party attacks on Rep. John Lewis, and reporter Kevin Sack wonders why Texans aren't more grateful regarding Obama-care.
7/29/2010 3:24 PM ET
The Times and the Washington Post don't seem to agree on the import of the leak of classified information on the war in Afghanistan.
7/29/2010 2:36 PM ET
Unlike the Washington Post, the Times' print edition left out Obama's two $30,000 entry fee fundraisers in Manhattan in favor of these vital details from his visit to the Tastee Sub Shop in ...
7/29/2010 1:14 PM ET
And Hulse is helping them do it: "Calculating that moderate and independent voters might be turned off by some of the more extreme positions postulated by Tea Party types and Republican ...
7/28/2010 3:06 PM ET
Really? Reporter Kevin Sack sounds surprised Texas officials aren't enthusiastic over Obama-care, since it would give Texans so much help: "The state's elected officials might be expected, ...
7/28/2010 12:15 PM ET
Times Watch has long marveled at how quickly economist and columnist Paul Krugman become a reliable purveyor of talking points from the leftist blogosphere. Turns out he was subscribed to ...