Labeling Bias

NYT Reporter John Eligon Talks 'Far-Right Republicans' in Kansas, Predicts 'Stringent Social Policies' to Come

Times reporter John Eligon: "This challenge to Mr. Obama comes in a state where the Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, is heavily favored, and where the electorate has shifted sharply to the ...
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With Critical Valerie Jarrett Profile, New York Times Still Covers President Obama's Left Flank

But Obama's not a liberal? Times reporter Jo Becker: "Ms. Jarrett often serves as a counterweight to the more centrist Clinton veterans in the administration...It is not so much that she is Mr. ...
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NYT's Michael Cooper: Republican Platform Shows 'Just How Far Rightward the Party Has Shifted'

Reporter Michael Cooper tried hard to make the Republican platform seem menacing: "The new platform -- with its call to reshape Medicare to give fixed amounts of money to future beneficiaries so ...

NYTimes Lead Editorial Stretches 'Far Right' Smear to Include Mainstream Conservative Positions on Guns, Abortion

So where's the "far right" part? "Ted Yoho, who won a Congressional primary in northern Florida, wants to abolish the income tax and replace it with a sales tax, believes life begins at ...
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Paul Ryan Greeted With 'Conservative' Labels, Seen as Proudly Conservative Compared to 'More Pragmatic' Obama

Times reporter Jackie Calmes sounds unhappy with Romney's choice of Paul Ryan: "His blueprint would greatly shrink the government, largely undoing the social safety net by shifting more costs ...
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NYT's Severson Finds 'Radicals' and 'Conservative Christian' Protesters in Charlotte, But Occupy Movement Isn't Even Liberal

Times' Atlanta bureau Chief Kim Severson visited Charlotte as it prepared for the Democratic National Convention and found "radical evangelical groups" composed of "conservative Christians" as ...

NYTimes Report on Kansas GOP Infighting Contains Staggering 36 'Conservative' Labels

New York Times reporter John Eligon's story could be the paper's all-time winner as far as labeling density, with a staggering 36 uses of the word "conservative" in non-quoted material. (In ...

'Conservative Christian' vs. 'Doctors and Women’s Rights Advocates' on Abortion in Arizona

Veteran New York Times reporter Erik Eckholm again dismisses concerns about fetal pain during abortion as unscientific, while slapping ideological labels on abortion opponents and tilting his ...
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Former NYT Supreme Court Reporter Greenhouse: 'Breathtaking Radicalism' of 4 Justices Against ObamaCare

Former New York Times Supreme Court reporter Linda Greenhouse suspects she knows why Roberts may have changed his mind on ObamaCare: "I doubt there was a single reason for the chief justice’s ...
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PLO Terrorist Yassir Arafat Just a 'Father Figure of Palestinian Nationalism,' Says New York Times

Deceased Palestinian Authority leader Yassir Arafat, who presided over a five-year Intifada against Israeli citizens, is not a terrorist according to the New York Times, merely a leader who left a ...
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