Labeling Bias

New York Times Again Defends Chuck Hagel From Mean GOP; Plus Do Only Conservatives Feel 'Ire'?

From the start the Times has oozed sympathy for the plight of Obama's nominee for secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, warning darkly of the disappearance of congressional "comity" and ...
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NYT's Rohter Finds Parallel Between Tea Party and Chilean Dictator Gen. Pinochet

Larry Rohter sees a parallel between Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and the Tea Party-Koch brothers: "In Chile the debate about 'No' has also been complicated by noncinematic issues, ...
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Sunday New York Times Full of 'Far Right' Labels for Congressional Republicans

Jeff Zeleny: "The biggest donors in the Republican Party are financing a new group to recruit seasoned candidates and protect Senate incumbents from challenges by far-right conservatives and ...
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New York Times Forwards Helpful Tips on Pushing Immigration 'Reform'

Ashley Parker's cheery piece on immigration "reform" was marked with labeling bias, pitting opponents as "conservatives" and "the right," up against unlabeled supporters of amnesty proposals ...

Scary: New York Times on the 'Crimson Ideology' of the Kansas GOP

"The crimson ideology" of the Kansas GOP? Times reporter John Eligon: "While Republican principles of small government and low taxes have holds on large swaths of the country, Kansas provides ...
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After Four Years of Denying It, New York Times Banner Headline Admits Obama's 'Liberal Vision'

The cat's out of the bag: Obama's a liberal. A banner headline across the New York Times front page confirmed what conservatives have been saying for years: "Obama Offers Liberal Vision: 'We ...
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After 4 Years of Denying It, New York Times Banner Headline Admits Obama's 'Liberal Vision'

The cat's out of the bag: Obama's a liberal. A banner headline across the Times front page confirmed what conservatives have been saying for years: "Obama Offers Liberal Vision: 'We Must Act.'" ...
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Backhanded Compliment for AZ Gov. Brewer: 'Compassionate...Not a Word Often Used to Describe Her'

Ouch! New York Times reporter Fernanda Santos on Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer: "she was repeatedly called 'compassionate,' not a word often used to describe her." Santos also called two groups ...
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Say It Once, Say It Four Times, NYT: 'Neoconservatives'

Political reporter Jim Rutenberg, along with his headline writer, threw around the loaded term "neoconservative," a term most often used as an insult by leftists and the media, in his Sunday ...
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New York Times Reporter Lays Out 'Far-Right Agenda' of Texas Tea Party

Reporter Manny Fernandez let his readers know what he really thinks about the Tea Party in Texas: "The far-right agenda of grass-roots and Tea Party activists has come to dominate the Republican ...
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