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Greetings, GOP, You Angry Herd of Radicals! From the New York Times Sunday Review

Welcome, GOP! This week's New York Times Sunday Review was crammed with articles, interviews, and features hostile toward the "radical," angry, "herd" of Republicans gathering in Tampa.
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Departing Public Editor Brisbane Laments Progressive 'Hive' of 'Like Minds' at New York Times

Arthur Brisbane, public editor, takes a parting shot at the paper's hive-mind progressivism on political issues: "Across the paper’s many departments, though, so many share a kind of political ...
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NYT's Shear: With Ryan Pick, 'Romney Has Taken a Long, Deep Breath' of Congressional 'Hot Air'

Michael Shear piles on Romney's choice of Paul Ryan as running mate and again links him to Rep. Todd Akin: "In the two weeks since Mr. Ryan joined the Republican ticket, his work in the House ...
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Classy Egan: 'If Intelligence were Contagious, [the GOP] Would Be Giving Out Vaccines For It'

Liberal reporter turned left-wing Times columnist Timothy Egan brings his usual measured response to matters of the day in his latest column "The Crackpot Caucus," laying into the "stupid party" ...

Another New York Times Reporter Comes to Obama's Defense on His Weakening of Welfare Reform

The Times again covers Obama's left-flank, this time on his weakening of welfare reform: "Mr. Clinton could help blunt what Obama campaign officials say is a calculated effort by Mr. Romney to ...
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Times Fronts Pro-Obama Medicare Poll Findings; Other Outlets Focus on Tightening Race Instead

The New York Times proves how the same data can be interpreted in politically slanted ways. The Times pushed on the front page its poll showing how "deeply unpopular" is the Republican plan to fix ...
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New York Times Again Wraps Todd Akin Around Paul Ryan and GOP's Pro-Life Platform Plank

Michael Shear and Jonathan Weisman do their best to link Todd Akin with Paul Ryan and the party's pro-life platform plank: "The advisers conceded that [Todd] Akin’s comments last weekend had ...
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NYT's Trip Gabriel Accuses GOP of Out-of-Context 'Misrepresentation' of Obama's 'You Didn't Build That'

The Times' Trip Gabriel accuses GOP of "misrepresentation" of Obama's infamous "You didn't build that" remark: "The story vaulted from local news to the Drudge Report and conservative blogs, ...
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Another Front-Page NYT Attempt to Conflate GOP's Pro-Life Plank With Akin's Offensive Comments

Times reporter Jonathan Weisman sees a sinister connection between Rep. Todd Akin's offensive comments on abortion and rape and the GOP's traditional pro-life platform plank: "The congressman’s ...
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New York Times Conflates Akin's 'Rape' Comments With GOP's Pro-Life Stance

The New York Times is extending the controversy over offensive comments made by U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin to indict the entire Republican Party, misleadingly conflating Akin's ...
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