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Obama Decides SuperPAC No 'Threat to Democracy' After All, Times Barely Sees Stark Hypocrisy

Obama decides that Super PACs aren't such a "threat to democracy" after all, but the Times barely acknowledges the flip-flop: "...a milestone in Mr. Obamas evolving stances on political fund-raising."

South Carolina's 'Racially Charged Past' Emerging Thanks to Gingrich Remarks

Jim Rutenberg from Charleston: "But like the historic slave plantations that draw tourists on the outskirts of town, the legacy of that past has not been totally wiped from the politics of today. ...

South Carolina, Home of Dark (Unsubstantiated) 'Undercurrents' of Politics

Welcome to South Carolina, "a place famous for surfacing the dark undercurrents of American politics," says campaign reporter Jim Rutenberg. But is there any evidence for his claims of a racially ...

Times Uses GOP Sniping to Label 'Greedy Titan' Mitt Romney

In New Hampshire, Times reporters Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg eagerly forward crude anti-business stereotypes of Mitt Romney as a "job-killing corporate villain" and "greedy titan."

NYT Goes Label-Crazy on 'Conservatives' in 2012, But in 2008 Dems Were Only 'Populist'

The New York Times used the word "conservative" 12 times in a campaign story from New Hampshire, but in 2008 reporter Michael Powell called Michael Dukakis a "pragmatist" and ultra-liberal ...

NYT Goes Label-Crazy on 'Conservatives' in 2012, But in 2008 Dems Were Only 'Populist'

The Times used the word "conservative" 12 times in a campaign story from New Hampshire, but in 2008 reporter Michael Powell called Michael Dukakis a "pragmatist" and ultra-liberal politicians John ...

Obama Allies Attack Newt, Mitt to NYT Applause, But Bush's 2004 Attacks Were Wrong

Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg: "The jabs at Mr. Gingrich are one part gleeful mischief-making and one part serious due diligence....Their unrelenting attacks on Mr. Romney, which culminated in a ...

NYTimes Again Finds 'Far Right Wing' of GOP; Yet to Locate Dems' 'Far Left Wing'

There they go again. Reporters Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg: "The easy treatment of Mr. Romney has also allowed him to avoid getting mired in promises to the far right wing of his party...."

Times Again Finds 'Far Right Wing' of GOP; Yet to Locate Dems' 'Far Left Wing'

There they go again. Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg: "The easy treatment of Mr. Romney has also allowed him to avoid getting mired in promises to the far right wing of his party...."

Times Finds Little in Palin Email Dump, Writes About It Anyway

Jim Rutenberg and William Yardley damn the former Alaska governor with faint praise: "She was also, in the years before her national emergence, more open to compromise and political dealing than ...
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