Gaffes

Unemployment Low, Stock Market High - But NYT Sees Economy In "Turmoil"

Three articles examine various aspects of the "crisis" in the U.S. economy. What crisis?

Flubbing the Facts: Jenna Bush "Twice Arrested"?

Reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg flops her fact-checking, and both of her erroneous statements reflected badly on Jenna Bush.

An Unenforced Law Against Illegals Is Working "Too Well"

The Times claimed of a Riverside, N.J. law making it illegal to employ or rent to an illegal immigrant: "The law had worked. Perhaps, some said, too well." Too bad that law has never actually ...

Andrew Rosenthal: Bush Has "Done Serious Damage to Civil Liberties"

The Times' editorial page editor (pictured here) also says David Brooks is a "conservative," but has no idea where Maureen Dowd stands.

Times Confesses: Mistake to Grant MoveOn.org Deep Discount

Public Editor Clark Hoyt gets results where the paper's own reporters fail: "The Times had maintained for a week that the standby rate was appropriate, but a company spokeswoman told me late ...

The NYT Keeps Its Fingers Crossed for Hillary-Care

Robin Toner: "Some of the romanticism about the virtues of the American health care system may be diminishing, and not just among the audiences who cheered Michael Moore's 'Sicko' this summer."

How Strange: Conservative Town Thinks US Troops Are on "Our Side"

"...almost none seemed to foresee a happy result for 'our side,' as many in this conservative, Republican-voting place put it."

Does GOP Know Giuliani's Pro-Choice? Either Way, He's in Trouble

The Times plays the abortion card both ways to show Rudy Giuliani will have trouble with Republican voters.

The Times Can't Shake Its Skepticism over Terror Plots

Even the undeniable threat foiled in Germany yesterday comes with a caveat: "Europe has been the site of a number of devastating terrorist plots, but some have turned out later to be less than met ...

Blurring the Iraq-Al Qaeda Connection with "Mesopotamia"

So nice, the Times printed it twice in two days: "Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, the homegrown Sunni Arab extremist group that American intelligence agencies have concluded is foreign led. The extent of ...
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