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Times Critics Vindicated: Public Editor Dresses Down Dubious Article Critical of Natural Gas Industry

Times Public Editor Arthur Brisbane concluded of Ian Urbina's controversial front-page Sunday story on natural gas: "...such a pointed article needed more convincing substantiation, more space for ...

Yet Another 'Fracking' Story on the Front Page: NYT Again Hits 'Reckless' Natural Gas Extraction

No love from the Times for Gov. Cuomo on this issue, anyway: "The Cuomo administration is seeking to lift what has effectively been a moratorium in New York State on hydraulic fracturing, a ...

Times' Attack on Natural Gas Industry Just Smoke and Hot Air, Industry Analysts Say

Christopher Helman at Forbes found Urbina's accusations of low reserves, false claims, and too-high extraction costs absurd on its face. The United States is currently producing more natural gas ...

The Times' Latest Gas Attack

Michael Levi of the Council on Foreign Relations writes of reporter Ian Urbina's two front-page stories doubting the prospects for natural gas: "Urbina was clearly looking for negative views of ...

Times Watch Quotes of Note - Voters 'Don't Want' GOP to Stop Obama-care for Fear of 'Gridlock'

Also, Frank Rich warns that the radical right's anger will target "gays, Latinos and Muslims," and conservatives lie about vote fraud.

After Railing About Secret GOP Money Buying the Election, Times Dumps GOP Claims of Dem Vote Fraud

Ian Urbina blames conservatives for forwarding myths of vote fraud: "In 2006, conservative activists repeatedly claimed that the problem of people casting fraudulent votes was so widespread that ...

No Rebuttals Against Gay Marriage in D.C.

Reporter Ian Urbina interviewed three happy gay couples, but no one opposed to gay marriage in the District of Columbia.

Times Stoops to State Level to Criticize Court's Free Speech Ruling; Kudos to Kirkpatrick

Reporter Ian Urbina gripes about state-level inconveniences resulting from the Supreme Court's ruling expanding free speech during political campaigns, while reporter David Kirkpatrick ...

Baltimore's Dem Mayor on Trial for Embezzlement: Times Lends Moral Support

Ian Urbina focused not on the charges against Democratic Mayor Sheila Dixon, but the fact that they "cast a cloud over [her] administration despite her best efforts to keep the focus on running ...

GOP Won With Moderation, Is Ripping Itself Apart, & These Elections Don't Even Matter (Unless Dems Win)

Coverage of the governors' races in New Jersey and Virginia and the congressional race in New York was dominated by three themes: The Republicans won by appearing moderate; there are deep ...
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