TimesWatch

Frank Rich Goes to the Movies, Finds Another Silly Political Metaphor

Only the overdramatic columnist Frank Rich could find a political message in a Western remake: "The double-barreled success of 'True Grit,' then and now, spreads well beyond those conservative ...

NYT Ignores Leftist Piven's Violent Rhetoric, Blames Beck's Criticism

Media reporter Brian Stelter "inverts the story" to make Glenn Beck a villain and a leftist advocate of violence a hero, claims the Wall Street Journal's James Taranto. "In the paper's telling, ...

Times Watch Quotes of Note: Blame Conservatism, Not the Shooter, for Rampage in Arizona

In the aftermath of the killing in Tucson, Times reporters and commentators placed blame on conservative talk radio, Sarah Palin's campaign map, anti-immigration politics, hostility over ...

Blame Conservatism, Not the Shooter, for Rampage in Arizona

The Times eagerly pointed fingers at Sarah Palin, anti-immigration politics, guns, talk show hosts...anything but the actual person who killed six in an attempted assassination of Congresswoman ...

Joe Lieberman's Unfriendly Sendoff, With Daily Kos Leftist As Escort

The Times let the founder of the left-wing Daily Kos blog do a victory lap upon Lieberman's announced retirement from the Senate. The paper was more respectful in saying farewell to the ...

After Lecturing Conservatives on Civility, Times Buries Dem's Nazi Rant Against GOP

After two weeks of lectures on the need for conservatives like Sarah Palin to cool their political vitriol, a Democrat Congressman likening Republican rhetoric on Obama-care to Joseph Goebbels and ...

Matt Bai on the 'Post-Partisan Grownup' Obama 'Always Intended To Be'

Political reporter Matt Bai argues that the "divisive" Sarah Palin could make Obama look like more of a reformer: "...it's considerably easier if you can contrast yourself with an adversary who ...

Times Suddenly Discovers Caution When It Comes to Blaming Drugs for Loughner's Rampage

The Times suddenly hedges its journalistic rush to judgment on what caused the Tucscon shootings: "No one has suggested that his use of a hallucinogenic herb or any other drugs contributed to ...

Conservative Heavy-Hitters O'Rourke, Taranto Morally Excoriate Times' Tucson Coverage

P.J. O'Rourke on the Times' coverage of Tucson: "In the matter of self-serving, bitter, calculated cynicism, there wouldn't seem to be much left to prove against the Times. Judging by what I've ...

New Civility Only for Republicans, Apparently

A Sunday editorial chides Republicans for refusing to change the name of an anti-"job-killing" bill. But a Tuesday headline reads: "Where News Is Power, A Fight to Be Well-Armed."
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