Sentences She'd Like to Have Back, Mass. Special Election Edition

Reporter Abby Goodnough (and Times Watch, alas) on the next Senator from Massachusetts, Martha Coakley.

Clay Waters

January 20, 2010 - 9:20am

"Now poised to become the first female senator from Massachusetts, Ms. Coakley, 56, is seen as a highly disciplined, if not passionate, politician who rarely surprises or missteps." - Reporter Abby Goodnough, December 10.

"A Brown win remains improbable, given that Democrats outnumber Republicans by 3 to 1 in the state and that Ms. Coakley, the state's attorney general, has far more name recognition, money and organizational support." - Abby Goodnough, January 8.

And in the interest of balance, another assumption gone awry:

"After Martha Coakley's win in the Massachusetts Democratic primary virtually assured she would fill the seat of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy..." - Clay Waters, Times Watch, December 11 [1].

Publication: Articles [2]

Division: TimesWatch [3]

Tags: TimesWatch [4], Senate [5], ScottBrown [6], NewYorkTimesbias [7], NewYorkTimes [8], Massachusetts [9], MarthaCoakley [10], liberalmediabias [11], Gaffes [12], AbbyGoodnough [13]

Links:
[1] http://archive2.mrc.org/timeswatch/articles/2009/20091211124819.aspx
[2] http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/10
[3] http://archive2.mrc.org/division/timeswatch
[4] http://archive2.mrc.org/tags/timeswatch
[5] http://archive2.mrc.org/tags/senate
[6] http://archive2.mrc.org/tags/scottbrown
[7] http://archive2.mrc.org/tags/newyorktimesbias
[8] http://archive2.mrc.org/tags/newyorktimes
[9] http://archive2.mrc.org/tags/massachusetts
[10] http://archive2.mrc.org/tags/marthacoakley
[11] http://archive2.mrc.org/tags/liberalmediabias
[12] http://archive2.mrc.org/tags/gaffes-0
[13] http://archive2.mrc.org/tags/abbygoodnough
[14] http://www.tellthetruth2012.org