Conservatives

David Brooks: A "Conservative" Columnist Acceptable to the Left

The Times' Gail Collins explains why she hired David Brooks as a columnist.

A Study in Character Assassination: How the TV Networks Have Portrayed Sarah Palin as Dunce or Demon

An analysis of two weeks of coverage of the GOP vice presidential nominee reveals unremitting hostility from the network news.

Unmasking the Myths Behind the Fairness Doctrine

I do not agree with what you have to say, but Ill defend to the death your right to say it. - Voltaire

Rep. Chris Shays, Conservative? NYT Full of Labeling Slant

And in Colorado, "a drift toward socially conservative orthodoxy" made the Republican party a "tough sell to newcomers."

CNN Host: GOP Palin Critics 'Intellectual,' Palin Backers 'Knuckle-Draggers'

Mike Malloy also described the GOP's social conservative base as crazy and mouth breathers.

WaPo: Conservatives Are Happier than Liberals

And it has something to do with personal responsibility, religion and marriage. Go figure

Conservatives Brook No Dissent While Ignorant Evangelicals Ruin Movement

Why the conservative crackup? Reporter Patricia Cohen cites evangelicals: "...the disillusioned commentary of credentialed conservatives like Mr. Will, Mr. Buckley and Mr. Krauthammer may be the ...

Obama Tries to Flush Rush

Obama's bizarre version of Willie Horton is Rush Limbaugh?

Newsworthy: Long Sunday Profile Gives Limbaugh a Fair Shake

When the Times runs a long profile of Rush Limbaugh that doesn't actually caricature its subject as a bombastic, cigar-chomping mocker of the downtrodden, it's worth a mention.

Lichtblau's Incomplete Assault on Biased "Political Hiring" at Justice

An incomplete story infused with labeling bias: While the Federalist Society is "bedrock conservative," the Council on American-Islamic Relations merely "advocates civil liberties."
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