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.
Author Articles
3/11/2010 2:28 PM ET
A front-page story by Sam Dillon pushes uniform standards for pubilc schools nationwide, and buries the ideological edge of the issue: Conservative opposition.
3/11/2010 11:49 AM ET
Austin-based reporter James McKinley Jr. constantly declaims about "conservatives" who want to soften the liberal edge of school textbooks, but ignores the presence of the far-left Hispanic ...
3/10/2010 3:14 PM ET
The Times stands up for Obama administration lawyers who had previously defended Al Qaeda detainees at Guantanamo, fiercely attacking a conservative group for making their service an issue. Yet ...
3/10/2010 12:46 PM ET
According to reporter Helene Cooper, Justice Samuel Alito "escalated" State of the Union confrontation with Obama in January, "breaking with decorum" by shaking his head and mouthing, "No, it's ...
3/10/2010 12:32 PM ET
The Times stands up for Obama administration lawyers who had previously defended Al Qaeda detainees at Guantanamo, fiercely attacking a conservative group for making their service an issue. Yet ...
3/10/2010 10:37 AM ET
Plus: Times gushes over pro-Obama "Coffee Party" after dismissing anti-tax Tea Party rallies as full of "anger" and "Astroturf."
3/10/2010 9:27 AM ET
Plus: The Times touts the pro-Obama "Coffee Party," but denigrated anti-tax tea party rallies as angry "Astroturf."
3/9/2010 1:43 PM ET
A fired-up Obama goes after health insurance companies, and the Times seems to like what it hears: "In a high-octane appearance that harked back to his 'yes we can' campaign days, Mr. Obama ...
3/9/2010 12:54 PM ET
Rich warns Obama that the clock is running out on his presidency: "This time Obama doesn't have a year to arrive at his finest hour. Not to put too fine a point on it, but the clock runs out on ...
3/9/2010 10:21 AM ET
Stephanie Clifford gave credit to The National Enquirer linking former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards to his mistress Rielle Hunter - but lets the media (and the Times) off the ...
3/9/2010 7:51 AM ET
But just look at all the events that weren't gate-crashed! "[Desiree] Rogers, of course, is the high-profile Obama confidante who recently announced that she would step down as social secretary ...
3/8/2010 1:31 PM ET
Even Barack Obama agrees with a Rhode Island school board that fired all its teachers, but the Times fires a warning shot from the left: "Officials at the two unions, the National Education ...
3/8/2010 12:07 PM ET
Reporter Kate Zernike surveys the bleak electoral landscape for Democrats, finds some dubious reasons for hope, and includes this self-serving liberal lament: "The left has never been as good as ...
3/8/2010 11:20 AM ET
"Climate change" alarmism in a Home & Garden section story by Kate Murphy: "Extreme weather possibly linked to climate change, as well as construction on less stable ground, have provoked ...
3/5/2010 2:31 PM ET
In a discussion prompted by Karl Roves new book, political podcast host Sam Roberts hews to liberal talking points on Bush and weapons of mass destruction, but is refuted by reporter Peter Baker ...
3/5/2010 11:55 AM ET
Reporter John Broder, who previously called climate change skeptics "deniers" and "relatively uninformed," balances this out a little bit with a story on climate scientists realizing they have a ...
3/5/2010 11:24 AM ET
In a refreshing nod to political balance, reporter Jeff Zeleny focuses on "the ethical woes facing Democrats" as they brace for the November 2010 elections.
3/4/2010 11:31 AM ET
Reporter Ian Urbina interviewed three happy gay couples, but no one opposed to gay marriage in the District of Columbia.
3/3/2010 3:17 PM ET
After ignoring the initial stirrings of the fast-growing Tea Party movement, the New York Times quickly jumps on the Coffee Party bandwagon, an alternative gathering that just happens to be filled ...
3/3/2010 12:12 PM ET
Congressional reporter Carl Hulse, always willing to give the GOP a fair shake: Fight over spending "was allowing Democrats and editorial writers around the country to portray them as heartless ...
