TimesWatch

Sen. Obama: Not Really That Liberal?

Jeff Zeleny stretches hard to position Barack Obama as a more moderate candidate.

Dangerous Japanese "Right Wingers" vs. North Korean "Leader" Kim Jong-il

"Right-wing" Japanese critics of North Korea insist on making a big deal about that little abduction-of-its-citizens thing. Scary!

Bush's Tax Cuts to Blame for U.S. Economic Problems

If the Times really believe in "saving more" at the federal level, why does it flinch at the very idea of spending cuts?

White House Must "Defend" Not Informing Reporters about Laura Bush's Skin Cancer

Jim Rutenberg: "[Tony] Snow said Mrs. Bush had a right to privacy because she was not a public official, even though she was a public persona and campaigned heavily for Republicans this fall. ...

The "Populist" Fight for a Minimum Wage?

The "much-delayed increase in the minimum wage" is being pushed by "populists" (not liberals?).

Times Watch Presents the Quotes of Note for 2006

Presenting the absolute worst quotes of the year from the New York Times, including the much-prized Quote of the Year. Who won?

English-Only Measure Burnishes Town's Image as "Old West Backwater"

The Times fires some cheap shots at "anti-immigration" legislation in Pahrump, Nevada.

"Frightened" Illegal Immigrants in Hiding After Raids

The Times almost ignores the reason for the raid (identity theft) and shows strange new solicitude for a CEO whose business was hurt by the arrest of the illegal immigrants, or as the Times puts ...

Air America Bankrupt - Times Again Ignores Loan from Boys & Girls Club

A choice example of liberal hypocrisy is again ignored by the Times.

El Salvador's "Right-Wing Junta" vs. Sandinista's "Left-Wing Council"

Tim Weiner's obituary for Jeane Kirkpatrick, America's forceful ambassador to the United Nations, includes some of Weiner's trademark foreign policy liberalism.
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