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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NYT's Monica Davey Stumbles on the Case Against Gun Control, But Recovers

Times reporter Monica Davey glimpses the ineffectiveness of gun control, but sidesteps the obvious conclusion: "And yet Chicago, a city with no civilian gun ranges and bans on both assault ...
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NYT's Mark Leibovich Eagerly Embraces the 'Biden Moment'

New York Times reporter Mark Leibovich, who specializes in profiles of prominent pols, again held back his trademark irreverence when it came to an easy Democratic target: Vice President Joe ...
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Some Nerve: NYT Finally Covers March for Life, Only to Bury It Under Story Chiding Marchers for Not Being Anti-Gun

After five years of ignoring it, the New York Times finally acknowledged the annual March for Life with a story this year -- only to bury it on page 9, underneath a story criticizing the ...
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Jerusalem Bureau Chief Worried Israelis Aren't Listening to Left-Wing Movie Advocating Withdrawal

Times Jerusalem bureau chief Jodi Rudoren, who has courted controversy from pro-Israel conservatives during her brief tenure, expressed concern over the muted reception in Israel to a new ...

New York Times Blames GOP for Making Obama Violate Constitution: 'Republican Chicanery'

What gall. A Saturday New York Times editorial actually managed to blamed the Republican Party for forcing Obama to violate the constitution: "A Court Upholds Republican Chicanery." The Wall ...
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Hagel Support Shows NYT Still Disturbed About Citizens United Decision Expanding Free Speech

The New York Times continues to be disturbed by the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, loathed by liberals for expanding the right of corporations to participate in campaign ...
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New York Times Displays Its Gun Fear on Sunday's Front Page

Between the multiple editorials calling for stricter gun laws and the denunciations of the NRA by its reporters, it's safe to say the urban liberals at the New York Times lack a cultural affinity ...
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Some Nerve: NYT Finally Covers March for Life, Only to Bury It Under Story Chiding Marchers for Not Being Anti-Gun

After five years of ignoring it, the New York Times finally acknowledged the annual March for Life with a story this year -- only to bury it on page 9, underneath a story criticizing the marchers ...
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UPDATED: New York Times Has Ignored March for Life in Print 5 Years Running, Will It Break Into Print This Year?

UPDATED: The New York Times hasn't printed a story about March for Life, the annual march against abortion, for the last five years. Will tomorrow's Times carry Ashley Parker's Friday evening ...
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NYT Public Editor Ludicrously Claims of Most Times Reporters, 'You Wouldn’t Know Who They Voted For'

Your media bias laugh of the day: New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan claimed "you wouldn't know who" most Times reporters voted for, on Wednesday's edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe." ...
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NYT Buries Hillary's Benghazi Testimony on A11, But at Least Shows (a Little) Skepticism

Reporter Michael Gordon shows polite skepticism toward Secretary of State Clinton's testimony on Benghazi: "The continuing controversy over the attack, which resulted in the deaths of Ambassador ...

Scary: New York Times on the 'Crimson Ideology' of the Kansas GOP

"The crimson ideology" of the Kansas GOP? Times reporter John Eligon: "While Republican principles of small government and low taxes have holds on large swaths of the country, Kansas provides ...
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New York Times' Trip Gabriel Leads Virginia Redistricting Story With Race Card

New York Times reporter Trip Gabriel led with the race issue in a story of typical partisan politics in Virginia, in his (slightly outdated) report on a controversial redistricting vote the ...
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New York Times' Eduardo Porter: Raise Taxes on Everyone

Eduardo Porter, business columnist for the New York Times, previously covered economics as a reporter but now uses his perch to display his mistrust of free markets in favor of government, ...
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New York Times' Nir Enthuses Over Small Anti-Gun March in Brooklyn: '...Built Up Steam'

Former Times nightlife reporter Sarah Maslin Nir covered a modest anti-gun protest march over the Brooklyn Bridge and enthusiastically promoted it on her Twitter feed as she covered it, ...
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NYTimes' Rosenthal Again Accuses GOP of Anti-Obama Racism

Times editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal strikes yet another low blow for Obama, again accusing Republicans of opposing him because of racism: "Along the way, he faced a Republican Party that ...
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After Four Years of Denying It, New York Times Banner Headline Admits Obama's 'Liberal Vision'

The cat's out of the bag: Obama's a liberal. A banner headline across the New York Times front page confirmed what conservatives have been saying for years: "Obama Offers Liberal Vision: 'We ...
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NYT Celebrates Mag of 'Mainstream' Marxism vs. 'Tea Party Invective,' 'Capitalist Vampire Squid'

The New York Times celebrated a new proudly Marxist magazine on the front of the Arts section, as reporter Jennifer Schuessler rejoiced as "A Young Publisher Takes Marx Into the Mainstream." ...
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NYTimes Cheers First Lady's Fashion on Front Page: 'A First Lady Unafraid to Look Like a Million Bucks'

Times fashion reporter Eric Wilson rapturously reviewed the First Lady's inaugural clothes in the news section, not the fashion pages, of the paper. It was warmly introduced with a front-page ...
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After 4 Years of Denying It, New York Times Banner Headline Admits Obama's 'Liberal Vision'

The cat's out of the bag: Obama's a liberal. A banner headline across the Times front page confirmed what conservatives have been saying for years: "Obama Offers Liberal Vision: 'We Must Act.'" ...