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
1/5/2009 2:50 PM ET
Dave Barry finds the leaders of Obama's fan club.
1/2/2009 11:17 AM ET
Does a front-page story, "In Dense Gaza, Civilians Suffer," signal the Times will once again start criticizing Israel for going too far?
1/2/2009 10:51 AM ET
Simon Romero falls for the old liberal line on Cuba's "enduring revolution."
12/31/2008 12:30 PM ET
The telecom lobbyist is charging that a February front-page story paper "falsely communicated" that she had a romantic relationship with Sen. John McCain.
12/30/2008 2:40 PM ET
Reporter Jason DeParle calls race-baiting Al Sharpton a "civil rights advocate" in a slanted story about a new controversy over Rush Limbaugh's "Barack the Magic Negro" song parody.
12/30/2008 2:35 PM ET
Government to blame for the rise in black-on-black murder rates? A news report by Eric Eckholm stresses the possibility: "A report blames cuts in community policing and social programs."
12/30/2008 10:19 AM ET
The Times treated conservative acting legend Charlton Heston and CIA turncoat Philip Agee with equal hostility.
12/29/2008 8:52 AM ET
The theme from 2008: The hopeful Obama vs. the fallen "maverick" McCain.
12/23/2008 10:26 AM ET
Fortune Magazine's Washington Bureau Chief Nina Easton: "I have to say I was flabbergasted when I read this story, flabbergasted....You cannot write a story about affordable housing policies and ...
12/23/2008 8:28 AM ET
The Times, which last month mocked Sarah Palin for getting taken in by a French prank....got taken in by a French prank, publishing a phony letter from the "Mayor of Paris."
12/22/2008 1:26 PM ET
Nicholas Kristof: "Liberals show tremendous compassion in pushing for generous government spending to help the neediest people at home and abroad. Yet when it comes to individual contributions to ...
12/22/2008 12:55 PM ET
Not the anti-American Rev. Jeremiah Wright, but the anti-gay marriage Rev. Rick Warren.
12/22/2008 11:00 AM ET
Two Bush-hostile reporters stack virtually all the blame for the mortgage meltdown on President Bush, despite actions by Congress and the previous Clinton administration.
12/20/2008 10:34 AM ET
Even in marking the death of conservative icon Paul Weyrich (pictured), the Times couldn't resist piling on unflattering labels.
12/19/2008 3:18 PM ET
According to reporter Ethan Bronner, the terrorist group Hamas and the state of Israel both 'have a point' when it comes to violating a truce - and a defensive move by Israel 'drove the cycle of ...
12/19/2008 2:01 PM ET
Adam Nossiter again showed his love of tax hikes and his hostility toward Southern conservatives in a story in which he enjoys Louisiana's financial struggles a little too much and condescends to ...
12/18/2008 3:07 PM ET
The New York Times' embrace of Barack Obama's candidacy, and its fervent defense of him against John McCain's "racist" and unfair attacks, made 2008 a particularly bias-packed year for the paper. ...
12/17/2008 3:11 PM ET
Reporter John Broder portrays Ken Salazar as a Cabinet official who must clean up the mess made by Bush: "He will be expected to restore scientific integrity to a department where it has ...
12/17/2008 1:46 PM ET
Education reporter Sam Dillon only talks to liberals who argue that massive pre-school spending by the federal government would be a wise investment: "...experts are debating how best to improve ...
12/16/2008 3:57 PM ET
The editorial board blog harrumphs: "But we hope Mr. Bush does not only see the incident as a source of endless 'shoe' jokes." So why did the paper use the incident to mock Bush?