TimesWatch

Damning Phil Gramm for Financial Meltdown

The Times finds its ideal villain for the financial market meltdown: Conservative former Sen. Phil Gramm. So why did Bill Clinton defend him?

NYT Says Dan Rather Right on GOP-CBS Conspiracy

Jacques Steinberg lauds Dan Rather, still clever like a fox: "Using tools unavailable to him as a reporter - including the power of subpoena and the threat of punishment against witnesses who lie ...

Labeling Overload in Miami

Michael Cooper overdoses on "conservative" labels in a snide report from the Republican Governors Association meeting in Miami

Phony Concern for National Review's Reputation

Lamenting a "far right" past it never respected in the first place: "Now, thanks to the coarsening effect of the Internet on political discourse, the magazine may have lost something else: its ...

Public Editor Calls Out Jodi Kantor for Teens-on-Facebook Flap

Three Times editors say Kantor made the wrong call when she emailed teenage students looking for "advice about a story" on Cindy McCain.

It's Gonna Be a Long Four Years

Plus: Dumb Southern Racists for McCain

"The High Cost of Harsh Words"

The Times hints a politician's anti-illegal immigrant rhetoric may have contributed to the atmosphere resulting in the murder of an immigrant: "Words have consequences. Steve Levy, the Suffolk ...

Still Shielding Democrats from Fannie Mae-Freddie Mac Flak

Defending a Democratic senator, the Times makes a clear distinction between banks "investing in risky subprime mortgages" and banks helping "middle- and low-income home buyers." But is there ...

Poor, Dumb, Racist Southerners for McCain

Adam Nossiter: "Southern counties that voted more heavily Republican this year than in 2004 tended to be poorer, less educated and whiter, a statistical analysis by The New York Times ...

Cutesy Shop Liberated Me from the Bush Years

Mike Albo: "If you feel as if you have been emotionally, professionally and politically run over by a tank for the last, say, eight years, then the well-selected, fun merchandise and carbonated ...
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