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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Louis Uchitelle: It's Still All Reagan's Fault

Liberal economics reporter Louis Uchitelle on who's to blame for the banking crisis: "Ronald Reagan, of course, brought us back to the efficient-market hypothesis with its faith in laissez-faire - ...

'Mostly Peacefully' Means 'Somewhat Violently' at the New York Times

NYT reporter Randal Archibold describes a demonstration involving advocates for illegal immigrants: "As hundreds of demonstrators massed, mostly peacefully, at the capitol plaza..." There were ...

'Mostly Peacefully' Means 'Somewhat Violently' at the New York Times

Randal Archibold describes a demonstration involving advocates for illegal immigrants: "As hundreds of demonstrators massed, mostly peacefully, at the capitol plaza..." There were actually three ...

Will Mike Hale's Review of 'My Lai' Documentary Compare It to Iraq, Afghanistan? Of Course

Mike Hale goes there: "The slaughter of hundreds of unarmed villagers in Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam, in March 1968 - an event that came to be known as the My Lai massacre - is both an open wound ...

NYT Hails Jon Stewart, 'Television's Pre-eminent Fact-checker of Fox News'

The Times goes after an old enemy indirectly, in a flattering profile of "The Daily Show" and its relentless "fact-checking" of Fox News.

Ross Douthat Takes on Underplayed 'South Park' Censorship Story

Ross Douthat: "But there's still a sense in which the 'South Park' case is particularly illuminating. Not because it tells us anything new about the lines that writers and entertainers suddenly ...

Classy: NYT Executive Editor Uses Book Review to Call Murdoch 'Corrosive'

Bill Keller, the New York Times executive editor, uses a book review to make a crack at his right-leaning newspaper rival Rupert Murdoch: "The last of his breed of media tycoon is a 79-year-old ...

'South Park,' Muhammad, and Double Standards

The creators of the Comedy Central cartoon South Park had their lives threatened by a Muslim group for insulting the prophet Muhammad, but two Times headlines said they were merely being warned." ...

Taking the Teachers' Unions Side in New Jersey: 'Radical' Cuts to Schools on the Way

New Jerseyans, angry at the stubbornness of the teachers' unions for refusing to accept wage freezes during a recession, voted down NJ school budgets. Reporter Winnie Hu takes the side of the ...

Could Crist Win as Independent in Florida, Hurt Tea Party? The Times Has Hope

The Times portrays Florida governor Charlie Crist, who may drop out of the Republican Party and run as an independent candidate for Senate, as a moderate "pragmatist" in the mode of...Obama? Will ...

No Surprise: NY Times Readership Easily Most Liberal of Any 'Objective' News Outlet

A study on where people of different political persuasions get their news finds that the New York Times' readership is the most liberal of any cited news outlet that holds itself out as an ...

No Surprise: Times Readership Easily Most Liberal of Any 'Objective' News Outlet

A study on where people of different political persuasions get their news finds that the New York Times readership is the most liberal of any cited news outlet that holds itself out as an ...

Now They Tell Us: Times Runs Several Skeptical Stories on Obama-Care

Just in time not to make a difference, the Times raises skeptical questions about Obama-care. This after a year of dismissing conservative concerns as myths and pushing the bloated program across ...

Sponsor of Tough New Arizona Immigration Law a 'Politically Incorrect Embarrassment'

Randal Archibold clearly doesn't approve of the "rightward tilt" of Arizona's Republicans that led to John McCain endorsing the state law, and finds "national civil rights groups and faith ...

Times Celebrates Gay Comic Book Fetish Party on Front of Sunday Styles

The front of Sunday Styles celebrates gay comic book heroes and their "Skin Tight" dress-up fans: "A recent addition to this super-powered pride parade is Shatterstar, who in an issue of X-Factor ...

Blow Says No to Conservative Talk After Tussling With Laura Ingraham Over 'Minstrel Show' Smear

Charles Blow conducts a testy interview with host Laura Ingraham in which he admits he saw no "overt racism" at the Tea Party he attended, and refused to explain why he still accused minority Tea ...

Hmm....Blame Descendants of 'Radical Free Market' Norsemen for Crash of 2008?

Blame those lousy descendants of Vikings for the crash of 2008, says reporter Kirk Semple reporting from the Iceland volcano.

Frank Rich Repelled By Criticism of His Sliming of Tea Partiers as Racist

Frank Rich: "Most Americans who don't like Obama or the health care bill are not racists. It may be a closer call among Tea Partiers, of whom only 1 percent are black, according to last week's ...

NYT's Zernike Slams 'Angry,' White, Male, Reactionary Tea Party Movement Mired in the Past

New York Times reporter Kate Zernike on the reactionary Tea Party movement: "They tend to be white and male, with a disproportionate number above 45, and above 65. Their memories are of a ...

Friedman Takes on the 'Ignorant Ramblings of Sarah Palin,' Other Conservatives

Thomas Friedman doesn't miss a chance: "Our national debate today is dominated by the ignorant ramblings of Sarah Palin, talk-show lunatics, tea parties and politics as sports..."