Gaffes

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CBS, NBC Hype Romney 'Controversy' and 'Error' in Israel, Ignored Obama Gaffe in 2008

Sunday's CBS Evening News and the NBC Nightly News tried to spin negatively a vague statement by Mitt Romney advisor Dan Senor that the GOP presidential candidate would "respect" the Israeli ...
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Should Romney Deliver 'Powerful Counterpunch' Or 'Shift to Positive Campaign'? NYT Can't Decide

Does the New York Times think Mitt Romney should "leaven his harsh criticism of President Obama" or deliver "powerful counterpunch"? It depends on which Times article you read. A July 12 headline: ...
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New York Times Again Falsely Claims Audience Shouted 'Let Him Die!' During GOP Debate

The Times Sunday magazine (with the help of Mike Huckabee) uses a liberal myth about a Republican debate to bash the Republican Party: "During the Republican primary debates, audience members ...

Oops: Alessandra Stanley Imagines a Farewell 'Highlight Reel' for Ann Curry

The Times' error-prone TV-beat reporter Alessandra Stanley, apparently relying on an online clip of Ann Curry's last appearance as Today show host, devoted a paragraph to a "highlight reel" that ...

Ouch, New York Times! Actual Ratings of Chris Hayes Show He's Crushed by Fox

The Times should wince now that the Daily Caller has dug up the actual ratings to embarrass Times writer Alex Williams for hailing the weekend ratings of Up! With Chris Hayes. It turns out the ...
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Paul Krugman, Charming and Modest: 'I Have Been Right About Everything.'

New York Times columnist Paul Krugman's blog post Monday could pass for a parody of the columnist's terminal pomposity: "We’re coming up on the second anniversary of my piece "Myths of ...
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Another Border Run: New York Times Recycles Its 'Conservative Christians Break With GOP on Amnesty' Theme

Every couple of years the Times runs a story on "conservative" evangelicals who support looser immigration laws and amnesty. The latest comes from Trip Gabriel: "Some of the nation’s most ...
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How Dare They: GOP 'Hijacked the News Cycle' to Exploit Obama's 'Six Words' on Private Sector 'Doing Fine,' Says NYT's Calmes

Jackie Calmes' "Six Words From Obama, and a Barrage in Return From Republicans" hints strongly that the Republicans are unfairly exploiting President Obama's gaffe that "the private sector is ...
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Joe Biden, the Tony Bennett of the Obama Administration, Says New York Times' Mark Leibovich

Really? Mark Leibovich on Vice President Joe Biden: "Mr. Biden exhibits a level of self-deprecation that friends say is healthy for his job. Young audiences are oddly drawn to him the way the ...
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Parker Finds Rap on Romney as 'Dull and Vanilla' Unfair, But She Contributed to It in the NYTimes

Mitt Romney's campaign reporter for the Times, Ashley Parker, reviews the primary as it wind down: "...frankly, most of us who have been there since the beginning find the rap on Mr. Romney that ...
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