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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New York Times Barely Touches Reagan's 100th; Unflattering When It Does

Not exactly a commemoration: The New York Times' sparse coverage of Ronald Reagan's centennial is highlighted by a friendly interview with a Reagan-hostile HBO documentary filmmaker and a column ...

Frank Rich on the 'Indiscriminate Demonization of Arabs in America'

Frank Rich defends the anti-American satellite network Al Jazeera and lectures his fellow Americans on "demonizing" Arabs: "The consequence of a decade's worth of indiscriminate demonization of ...

Gail Collins Snarls at the 'Stunning Women' of the Right Opposing Control of Their Own Bodies

Gail Collins: "'Planned Parenthood aids and abets the sexual abuse and prostitution of minors,' announced Lila Rose, the beautiful anti-abortion activist who led the project. The right wing is ...

The Times Barely Touches Reagan's 100th; Unflattering When It Does

Not exactly a commemoration: The Times' sparse coverage is highlighted by a friendly interview with a Reagan-hostile HBO documentary filmmaker and a column from Reagan's liberal biographer Edmund ...

Kalb to Keller: Why Do You Allow Left-Wing Views in Your News Stories?

Marvin Kalb asks Executive Editor Bill Keller: "Many conservatives as you well know, criticize the Times as being a liberal, left-wing newspaper, and that those views get into the news part of ...

How 'Non-Violent' Is the Muslim Brotherhood?

Twice in two days, the Times has insisted the Egyptian Islamist group has renounced violence. Yet the group's Palestinian branch is Hamas, a terrorist organization committed to the destruction of ...

The 'Advocates for Women's Health' at Planned Parenthood?

According to health reporter Robert Pear, the Family Research Council is a "conservative group," while the Planned Parenthood Federation of America is merely an "advocate for women's health."

D.C. Bureau Chief: 'Unimaginable' Not to Publish WikiLeaks Secret Cables

Washington Bureau Chief Dean Baquet: "Put aside the debate over what WikiLeaks provided. Isn't it unimaginable to anybody that the New York Times would have had the arrogance to have this stuff ...

NYT's Tale of Two Political Conventions: Optimism for Dems in NC, But 'Woeful Disconnect' Possible for G.O.P. in Tampa

The New York Times on the Democrats' convention choice: "Can North Carolina Deliver Again?" The Times on the G.O.P.'s choice: "The wrong mix of poverty juxtaposed with Republicans partying - ...

Editor Bill Keller Blasts Fox News' 'Unhealthy' Impact on National Discourse

Executive Editor Bill Keller blasts Fox News and brings up the Arizona shootings: "I make no connection between the guy who shot those people in Tucson and the national discourse. But it is true ...

A Tale of Two Political Conventions: Optimism for Dems in NC, But 'Woeful Disconnect' Possible for G.O.P. in Tampa

The Times on the Democrats' convention choice: "Can North Carolina Deliver Again?" The Times on the G.O.P.'s choice: "The wrong mix of poverty juxtaposed with Republicans partying - perhaps ...

More Calm, Objective Biz Reporting: 'As the Nation's Obesity Crisis Continues Unabated...'

This is a news story? Reporter Andrew Martin: "As the nation's obesity crisis continues unabated...Many Americans eat too many calories every day, expanding their waistlines and imperiling their ...

Kevin Sack on the 'Tea Party' Ruling on Obama-Care

The Times health reporter characterizes Judge Roger Vinson's ruling Obama-care as unconstitutional in ideological terms, but fails to label opponents of the ruling as liberal.

Deborah Solomon Demands of Goldman Sachs Strategist: 'What Is a C.E.O. Contributing to Society?'

To that, Abby Joseph Cohen of Goldman Sachs replied: "What about the C.E.O. of the New York Times Company?"

Times Overexcited About First Daughter Barbara Bush's Support of Gay Marriage

Reporter Michael Barbaro gets awfully worked up about one of Bush's daughter's making a video in support of gay marriage in New York State: "The Bush dynasty is no stranger to generational ...

Times Online Underwhelmed By Ruling Obama-Care Is Unconstitutional

An online headline underplayed the danger a Florida judge's ruling poses to Obama-care: "Ruling Against Health Care Law Evens Scorecard at 2-2."

Huge Keller Cover Story Defends Spilling Diplomatic Secrets From WikiLeaks

The biggest laugh line in Executive Editor Bill Keller's proud defense of his paper's publication of secret diplomatic cables from WikiLeaks and Julian Assange: "...it is our aim to be impartial ...

NY Times Again Covers Small Leftist Protest; Ignored Massive 'March for Life' 4 Years Running

After virtually ignoring the conservative "March for Life" four years in a row, the New York Times covers a smaller lefty protest against a gathering by the conservative Koch brothers, accusing ...

Times Again Covers Small Leftist Protest; Ignored Massive 'March for Life' 4 Years Running

After ignoring the conservative "March for Life," the Times covers a lefty protest against a gathering by the conservative Koch brothers, accusing them of trying to influence American politics for ...

Severson Promotes Gay Protests Against Chick-fil-A (AKA 'Jesus Chicken')

Kim Severson: "Nicknamed 'Jesus chicken' by jaded secular fans and embraced by Evangelical Christians, Chick-fil-A is among only a handful of large American companies with conservative religion ...