Labeling Bias

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New York Times' Weisman Hits 'Far Right' Conservatives in Congress for 'Speaking Out of Turn'

Does reporter Jonathan Weisman think "far right" conservatives should just shut up? "Even before conservatives began speaking out of turn, pragmatists were pressing the leadership to take up and ...
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NYT's Kim Severson Fears 'Controversial' Conservatives Are Shifting North Carolina to the Right

Kim Severson is worried about conservative control in North Carolina: "...North Carolina, long a politically moderate player in the South, will soon have its most conservative government in a ...
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Front-Page NYT Praise for Obama's 'Cliff' Negotiator, 'Policy Nerd' Who 'Morphs Into a Warrior' Defending the Poor

Obama the spending cutter and pragmatist? Since when? Sheryl Gay Stolberg chimed: "Like Mr. Obama, [Jacob] Lew is a pragmatist; one person familiar with his thinking said he had previously ...
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Israel's 'Ferocious Assault on Gaza' Damaged 'Relations With Egypt;' Hamas Merely 'Regarded' as Terrorist

Is Hamas merely "regarded by Israel" as a terrorist group? From the Times' lead story on Israel's killing of a Hamas terrorist: "Israel on Wednesday launched the most ferocious assault on Gaza ...
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NYTimes Suggests GOP Ignored 'More Moderate, and Diverse, Direction of the Country' With Ryan Pick

NYT's Trip Gabriel: "Mr. Ryan will return to the House with a more central role to play in the conservative wing of the party, Congressional insiders said. But he is also open to blame by ...
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NYTimes Eager to Paint Mourdock Rape Comment as 'Dilemma' Making It 'Difficult' for Romney

New York Times reporters Jonathan Weisman and Michael Cooper both suggested Mitt Romney would be hurt by controversial comments on rape made by Indiana's Republican Senate candidate Richard ...
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Matt Bai Calls Bill Clinton a 'Centrist' and Suggests Rush Limbaugh Is 'Far Right'

New York Times political reporter Matt Bai: "Mr. Clinton was able to set himself up against ideological extremism so successfully because he really was a centrist deal-maker, and everyone knew ...
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Conservative Group Gets Full Labeling Treatment at NYT, but Lefties at SPLC Merely 'Civil-Rights Group'

While the American Family Association is tabled as "a conservative evangelical group" and "a Bible-based cultural watchdog organization" by Times reporter Kim Severson, the lefties at SPLC, who ...
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NYT's Bai on GOP 'Extremists' and Victory Margins 'Narrower than Michele Bachmann’s Mind'

New York Times Magazine writer Matt Bai offers some helpful advice to the GOP: "You can channel the extremists, or you can lead your party toward modernity, but you really can’t do both." Bai also ...
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North Dakota, Yet Another 'Deeply Conservative' State, Where 'North Dakota Nice' Is Pitted Against the GOP

New York Times reporter Jonathan Weisman celebrates "North Dakota nice" when it may help Democrats retain the U.S. Senate: "Though North Dakota is deeply conservative and is on no one’s ...
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