BiasByOmission

CNN's Yellin: Congress's Low Polls Numbers Due to Failure to Repeal DADT?

On Wednesday's Newsroom, CNN's Jessica Yellin bizarrely implied that Congress's low poll numbers was linked to their failure to repeal "don't ask, don't tell." After noting the public's support ...

The Times Finally Slips in Some Unflattering Facts About 'Dream Act' Amnesty

Wait: I thought this was just about high school students? Julia Preston belatedly reports some of the actual features of the "Dream Act" amnesty program: "The lead sponsor of the Senate bill, ...

Times Reporters, Editors Defend Earmarks With Democratic Talking Points

Times editors and reporters continues to ignore arguments that make earmark reform look necessary, while harping on the Democratic talking point that earmarks amount to less than one percent of ...

Seelye Turns Tables, Accuses Tea Party 'Darling' Rand Paul of 'Distorting' Sleazy Ad Attacking His Faith

Even Democrats are disowning a Democratic ad attacking Rand Paul's Christian faith, but Katharine Seelye begins by accusing Paul of distortion: "Even as Mr. Paul denounces the commercial, he is ...

Go to Vegas, Meet Obama, Don't Mention Obama Criticizes Blowing Cash in Vegas

Reporter Michael Shear sounded pretty excited in his blog post about an Obama fundraising trip to Las Vegas: "Democratic Contest: Go to Vegas, Meet Obama." But Shear left out that Obama chided ...

Times Columnist Suggests Attack on Muslim Cabbie Related to Mosque Critics

Clyde Haberman attacked "the multisided anger over the proposed Muslim community center and mosque near the World Trade Center site, a struggle that may or may not have influenced a man charged on ...

Times Leaves Out Enormity of Obama-Care's Defeat in Missouri

Monica Davey covers the vote on a Missouri measure that would nullify a key element of Obama-care, but leaves off the figures: Obama-care went down to defeat by an enormous margin - 71%-29%, ...

Times Focuses on Obama's Populist Sub Shop Stop in NJ, Skips Glitzy Manhattan Fundraising Tour

Unlike the Washington Post, the Times' print edition left out Obama's two $30,000 entry fee fundraisers in Manhattan in favor of these vital details from his visit to the Tastee Sub Shop in ...

NY Times Covers for Pro-Rationing Dr. Donald Berwick and His 'Extensive Real World Experience'

New York Times health reporter Robert Pear attempted to dispel Berwick's image as a cost-cutting, ivory-tower intellectual who favors severe health-care rationing, but left off his most direct ...

Times Covers for Pro-Rationing Dr. Donald Berwick and His 'Extensive Real World Experience'

Health reporter Robert Pear attempted to dispel Berwick's image as a cost-cutting, Ivory-tower intellectual who favors severe health-care rationing, but left off his most direct paeans to ...
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