DoubleStandards

Is the Obama Economic Stimulus Taking Effect? NYT Optimistic

Once again the Times plays on the front page economic optimism inspired by Obama's "stimulus" plan, buries inflation concerns in paragraph 17.

Obama's Muslim Outreach Bears Fruit in Lebanon's Elections - Maybe Iran Too!

Michael Slackman, whose previous reporting focused on how much the Muslim world hated America, finds the Obama administration winning hearts and minds and even elections: "There were many domestic ...

Is Obama Getting a Pass on the Bad Economy?

Double standard? Today's 9.4% unemployment rate "fueled hopes" that the economy was recovering, but 4.6% unemployment rates during the Bush administration were characterized as "job growth slowing ...

Mike Hale Can't Stand "Right-Wing Ranter" Glenn Beck Mocking Democrats

Mike Hale can't abide Glenn Beck's mocking of Democrats: "...there was little in the show to reassure those who see Mr. Beck as a right-wing ranter bordering on a demagogue....jokes that pounded ...

Ludicrous for Berlusconi to Win Nobel Peace Prize, but OK for Arafat?

The Times mocks a push for Italy's center-right prime minister to win the Nobel Peace Prize - but didn't make a fuss when terrorist Yassir Arafat shared the Nobel in 1994.

FNC's Baier Contrasts Media Focus on Murder of Abortion Doctor vs Army Recruiter

On his FNC show Wednesday night, Bret Baier looked at how the murder of an abortion doctor on Sunday has earned much more media attention than Monday's murder by a politically-motivated Muslim ...

Paul Krugman's Double Standards on Controversial Race Comments

The left-wing columnist excoriated Trent Lott in 2002 for allegedly racist remarks at the 100th birthday party for retiring Sen. Strom Thurmond - but dismissed Sotomayor's claim suggesting ethnic ...

Nagourney Takes a Double-Dip of Conservative Angst Over Sotomayor

Chief political reporter Adam Nagourney recycled his web-only column for the print edition, complete with a headline portraying the GOP as in a lose-lose bind over Sonia Sotomayor's nomination: ...

Sonia Sotomayor Has a "Compelling Life Story" - But Clarence Thomas Didn't?

Double standards in the treatment of two Supreme Court nominees, one conservative, the other liberal, who rose from hardship.

NYT Finds Plenty of "Conservatives" in Sotomayor Fight, Never Calls Her Liberal

As close as reporters Peter Baker and Jeff Zeleny got to admitting the obvious: "If confirmed to succeed Justice David H. Souter, a mainstay of the liberal wing who is retiring, Judge Sotomayor ...
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