Labeling Bias

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'Angry' Conservatives Abound in World of NYT Reporter Michael Shear

Obama-Care opponents will get angry if the law is upheld, but liberal groups apparently won't if it's overturned. Michael Shear: "Opponents of the law are expecting to offer an outpouring of ...

New York Times, Friend of the (Government) Worker

The Times' front-page sob: "But pink slips are still going out in a crucial area: government....But those with disappearing jobs say that the effects are not just economic -- they mean longer ...

NYT: Sen. Mitch McConnell's 'Incendiary Defense' of Free Speech?

"...Mr. McConnell did not sound like a bomb-thrower, but his speech was an incendiary defense of the free flow of campaign cash in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ...
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NYT's Matt Bai Praises Statesmanlike and Contemplative' Bob Kerrey, Faults 'Tea Party Fervor'

In a profile for the New York Times Sunday Magazine, reporter Matt Bai fawned over former Democratic senator and presidential candidate Bob Kerrey as "a statesmanlike and contemplative presence" ...

Labeling Logic: On Obama-Care, NYTimes Pits 'Conservatives' Against 'the Other Side of the Issue'

Given two chances, New York Times reporters Jonathan Weisman and Michael Shear couldn't identify the universal-health-care backers Families USA as liberal in their Friday piece on what happens ...
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Suddenly, George W. Bush Is a 'Mainstream Republican' at the New York Times

Jim Rutenberg on the "mainstream Republicanism" of...George W. Bush? to make the Tea Party movement look out of step. "But tough talk about the state of the party on Monday by former Gov. Jeb ...
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New York Times Still Promoting Left-Wing, Soros-Funded J Street as a 'Pro-Israel' Lobby

The New York Times is transparently invested in promoting J Street, the left-wing lobbying group of Jewish doves, as an influential counterweight to the more hawkish American Israel Public ...

Come on: Times Reporter Calls Tea Party 'Conservative,' But Noam Chomsky Is Merely a 'Dissident Thinker'?

According to New York Times legal reporter Charlie Savage, the Tea Party is "conservative," but leftist Noam Chomsky is merely a "dissident thinker." And no label or identification for Chris ...
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'Conservative' Overload on Sunday's Front Page: 'Staunchly...Deep-Seated' Conservatism in Suddenly Significant Tea Party

The Tea Party, previously marginalized by the New York Times as losing effectiveness, made Sunday's front page for endangering moderate deal-makers in the GOP with its "conservative fervor" and ...

NYTimes Monica Davey Sobs Over 'Collegial Moderate' Sen. Richard Lugar's 'Sad' Exit After 'Mean' Campaign

Times reporter Monica Davey on Wednesday's front page: "Richard G. Lugar, one of the Senate's longest-serving members, a collegial moderate who personified a gentler political era, was turned ...
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