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No Surprise: Times' Nagourney Hails Obama's 'Historic' Risk-Taking on Gay Marriage

New York Times reporter Adam Nagourney comes off his Los Angeles beat to herald President Obama's risk-taking and hails the "historic significance" of his fully evolved support of gay marriage: ...

NYTimes Monica Davey Sobs Over 'Collegial Moderate' Sen. Richard Lugar's 'Sad' Exit After 'Mean' Campaign

Times reporter Monica Davey on Wednesday's front page: "Richard G. Lugar, one of the Senate's longest-serving members, a collegial moderate who personified a gentler political era, was turned ...
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So Much for Civil Liberties: Communist Cuba's Mandatory AIDS Quarantine Defended in New York Times, Dictator Castro Praised

New York Times health reporter Donald McNeil Jr. went to Havana and downplayed Cuba's mandatory AIDS quarantines, and credits "socialism," "universal health care," and free condoms for Cuba's ...
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Times Public Editor Brisbane Has Beef With Paper's Hostility Toward Meat-Eating

Arthur Brisbane, the New York Times Public Editor, showed impatience with the liberal ethical fussiness shown in an essay contest to defend meat-eating held by the Sunday magazine: "The setup of ...
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Joe Biden, the Tony Bennett of the Obama Administration, Says New York Times' Mark Leibovich

Really? Mark Leibovich on Vice President Joe Biden: "Mr. Biden exhibits a level of self-deprecation that friends say is healthy for his job. Young audiences are oddly drawn to him the way the ...
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Gail Collins, Obsessed With Romney's Dog Story, Hypocritically Defends Obama's Dog-Eating: 'Not the Same'

New York Times columnist Gail Collins, who has obsessed over Mitt Romney's dog Seamus, strapped in a crate on the roof of a car during a family vacation decades ago, reluctantly brought up Obama's ...
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NYT's Keller: Fox News is 'Murdoch’s Most Toxic Legacy'

Former New York Times executive editor Bill Keller continues to attack a conservative rival: "And yet I would argue that -- at least for Americans -- Fox News is Murdoch’s most toxic legacy....My ...

Deputy Editor Moonlights As Moderator at Global 'LGBT Summit'

Deputy op-ed editor Sewell Chan will moderate panel on gays in the military at the "Equality Forum," a global "LGBT Summit" on May 5.
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NYT's SCOTUS Reporter Greenhouse Quotes Robert Frost to Shame Justices on AZ Immigration Law

Greenhouse: "....what finally came through as most deeply troubling was this: the failure of any participant in the argument, justice or advocate for either side, to affirm the simple ...
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Times Watch Quotes of Note: Reporter-Activist Justin Gillis's Climate Solution: Blind Panic

Plus, Times Public Editor confesses the paper "basked a bit in the warm glow of Mr. Obama’s election," Linda Greenhouse thinks Obama-care had a good day at the Supreme Court, and Gail Collins says ...
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