TimesWatch

Sickly Rebuttals in Defense of Big-Government Medicine

Reporter David Herszenhorn tried to fact check conservative Sen. Mitch McConnell's attacks on socialized medicine, but came off looking pretty anemic.

Ludicrous for Berlusconi to Win Nobel Peace Prize, but OK for Arafat?

The Times mocks a push for Italy's center-right prime minister to win the Nobel Peace Prize - but didn't make a fuss when terrorist Yassir Arafat shared the Nobel in 1994.

While Obama "Trying to Bring People Together," GOP Dredges Up "Ugly Culture and Race Wars"

White House reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg laments GOP attacks on Sotomayor: "And also I think that it's important to note that this comes in the broader context of race relations in this country, ...

Bob Herbert Wakes Up, Smells the Racism in GOP Opposition to Sotomayor

Sonia Sotomayor's no racist, but just about everyone in the Republican party is, says the Times liberal columnist.

Times Provides Platform for Left to Blame Bill O'Reilly for Tiller Murder

Bill O'Reilly's "highest profile" hostility toward abortion doctor George Tiller, yet wasn't noticed by the Times until leftist bloggers began blaming him.

Paul Krugman's Double Standards on Controversial Race Comments

The left-wing columnist excoriated Trent Lott in 2002 for allegedly racist remarks at the 100th birthday party for retiring Sen. Strom Thurmond - but dismissed Sotomayor's claim suggesting ethnic ...

Obama Heralded With Tacky Art on Sunday's Front Page

Randy Kennedy celebrates mediocre paintings of Obama: "Perhaps not since John F. Kennedy, whose dusty portraits can still be seen in kitchens and barbershops and alongside the antique beer cans at ...

Fox News Picks Up on NYT's Bias by Omission on Muslim Bomb Plot

Fox News Channel host Jon Scott on a foiled plot to bomb two synagogues in New York City: "Why did the New York Times decide to shy away from mentioning the suspect's extreme Muslim beliefs?"

Meet An "Ultraconservative" in New Jersey

Times reporters never use the term "ultraliberal" to describe politicians, but Steve Lonegan, a former mayor running in the New Jersey Republican gubernatorial primary, was called ...

GOP Critics of Sotomayor a Bunch of Racists, Explains Charles Blow

The columnist excoriates racist Republicans for hypocrisy in opposing Sonia Sotomayor: "Even Michael Steele, the bungling chairman of The Willie Horton Party knows that the Republicans have no ...
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