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NYT's Weisman Doesn't Get Why House GOP Rejected Fantastic Fiscal Cliff Deal

New York Times reporter Jonathan Weisman can't understand why the House GOP didn't embrace the fiscal cliff agreement, and wonders why they cling to their bizarre opposition to tax hikes on the ...

Five Blasts of Bias from the New York Times in 2012

2012 was another banner year for bias at the New York Times, from slanted coverage of campaign 2012, to bizarre displays of individual unfairness to conservatives. The Times also intensified its ...
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Profiles of Pro-Gun, Anti-Gun Advocates in NYTimes: Same Page, But Very Different Treatment

The New York Times teased on the front page two profiles of prominent figures in the gun control debate, "bombastic" conservative David Keene and compassionate liberal New York City Mayor ...

Excuses for Carnage in NYT: 'Rejection and Discrimination' in France Helped Send Islamic Killer of Jewish Children Over Edge

Times Paris reporter Scott Sayare nods along with sympathizers of a young Muslim in France who killed seven, including three Jewish children: "He committed the unconscionable, they say, but he was ...
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BBC's Savile Report Goes Easy on New NYT Co. CEO Mark Thompson; Times Reporters Seem Skeptical

The New York Times sidled up to criticism of the soft treatment of its new chief exeuctive Mark Thompson, who was director-general of the BBC when a news investigation into child sex-abuse ...
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NYTimes Op-ed Celebrates Sole African-American Senator as 'Token,' Human Equivalent of Poll Tax

A New York Times op-ed offensively marked the appointment of South Carolina Republican Rep. Tim Scott, an African-American, to the U.S. Senate: "...modern black Republicans have been more tokens ...
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NYT's East Africa Reporter Works in Bizarre Shot at Israel's Alleged Exploitation of Holocaust Guilt

What? The Times' East Africa bureau chief Jeffrey Gettleman: "Again, like Israel, Rwanda has succeeded in leveraging the guilt that other countries feel for not intervening in its genocide -- in ...
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New York Times' Helene Cooper: Choose Between 2nd Amendment Rights or 'Kids [Being] Safe' at School

New York Times White House reporter Helene Cooper: "And if killing, you know, twenty 5- to 10-year-olds doesn't do it for this country, then than means the other conversation we should be ...
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NYT Aggressively Pushing Gun Control in Massacre Coverage, Promises More to Come

The Times aggressively promoted Democrats exploiting the massacre to push for gun control legislation. "Democrats seemed to be hoping to seize on the momentum from the shooting, in which 20 ...

Obama's Tax-Hiking 'Mandate,' Plus Stubborn House GOP 'Out of Step With Most Americans' on Issue

A front-page story declares Obama has a "mandate" to raise taxes, while John Harwood ponders why stubborn House Republicans can't be more responsible and agree to raise taxes on the so-called ...
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