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NYT Celebrates "Remarkably High" Approval for Obama, Not Tax Cut Support

The Times set Obama up for greatness - on the backs of those recalcitrant Republicans who failed to back his "economic stimulus plan." And some inconvenient questions and answers were left out of ...

Splitting the GOP, One Label-Heavy Front-Page Story at a Time

Today's story marks the second front-page story in six days on the ideological split between the Republican Congress and Republican governors over Obama's "stimulus package."

Did Newt Invent Partisanship? The Times Thinks So

Who's to blame for excessive partisanship in D.C.? White House reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg points to "Gingrich, a veteran - and, some would say, the architect - of the hard-edged 90s." But what ...

Seedy "Rent" for High Schoolers? Sure, Why Not

Patrick Healy's story featuring the heroic Ron Martin, high school drama teacher extraordinaire: "This is the first time I've chosen a show for the high school because I had an agenda. In this ...

More Malnourished Hunger Reporting

Reporter Julie Bosman finds the "Newly Poor Swell Lines at Nation's Food Banks." First up? A family of three earning $55,000 a year. And there's more statistical shoddiness.

Lobbyist Vicki Iseman Settles With the Times Over McCain Affair Allegations

The suit by Iseman has been settled in print, without a trial or money changing hands - but with a couple more shots against John McCain.

Israeli Election Coverage Strewn With Unflattering "Far Right" Labels

Two weeks ago Executive Editor Bill Keller said such labeling in Israel coverage could be a sign of biased journalism.

The Times Is Starving for Labeling Bias: Left-Wing FRAC Just "Advocate for the Poor"

The Times wonders why Mayor Bloomberg isn't taking up Obama's offer to extend food stamp benefits to more New Yorkers.

The Times Plants Pro-ACORN Propaganda

Reporter Fernanda Santos hails anti-foreclosure tactics organized by the left-wing housing activist group ACORN by employing 60's-style sloganeering ("a budding resistance movement") and not a ...

Conservative "Militancy" Against Obama's "Economic Recovery Plan"

Reporter Jackie Calmes has a habit of seeing "militancy" and ideological rigidity on only one end of the political spectrum.
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