TimesWatch

Never Mind: Fluorescent Light Bulbs Not Quite As Earth-Saving As Advertised

The Times belatedly realizes the new bulbs are no environmental panacea: "It sounds like such a simple thing to do: buy some new light bulbs, screw them in, save the planet. But a lot of people ...

Thank Goodness: No Sentimental Patriotism at World Trade Center Site

A Times reporter seems glad to see the end of the post 9-11 days "when any use of patriotic motifs seemed to be beyond public reproach, no matter how cynical or sentimental."

Glenn Beck "Apocalyptic," Leftists Hosts Maddow and Olbermann Never Criticized

The Times quoted several critics of Fox News provocateur Glenn Beck, but has hardly ever found critics of MSNBC leftist hosts Rachel Maddow and the paranoid, vitriolic Keith Olbermann.

OK to Represent American Taliban, But Big Tobacco Verboten

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is attacked on the front page for having once represented Big Tobacco. So how did the Times treat an Obama Justice Department nominee who represented an American Taliban ...

Amazing Omissions in Times Interview of Barney Frank

A Times writer manages to talk to Barney Frank about Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and an SNL skit without bringing up a single challenging question.

Free-Market Radical From Czech Republic "Embarrasses" EU Again

Once again, the Times chides a Czech Republic leader's infuriating embrace of free-market principles.

Striving to Paint a More Positive Picture of a Cop-Killer

Lovelle Mixon killed four Oakland police officers - but was he also a victim of the California penal system?

As the Times Turns: Obama "More Enervating Than Energizing"

The Times holds the hagiography in its coverage of Obama's "professor-in-chief" prime-time press conference.

Slimy Bush Bashing in the Science Section

A cheap shot against the former president in a story about...a giant amoeba?

The NYT's Constitution Applies to Illegal Immigrants, Not Gun Owners

"The Constitution's bedrock protections do not apply to just the native-born. The suffering that illegal immigrants endure - from raids to workplace exploitation to mistreatment in detention - is ...
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