LabelingBias

Double Standards on Dueling Campaign Ads: Katharine Seelye Calls Kristol a Neocon

Katharine Seelye dubiously defends CAIR, while painting Bill Kristol as a neocon puppetmaster whose anti-Sestak ad "serves as a shot across the bow to candidates in other states whom Mr. Kristol ...

Kevin Sack Writes About 'Heterosexist Language and Customs' in a News Story on Gay Weddings

Kevin Sack on the gay couple behind the online gay wedding planning mag Legally Wed: "The magazine includes a consumer guide to vendors who are practiced in avoiding heterosexist language and ...

Hammering Away at 'Conservative' Involvement in Pushing Voter Intimidation Case

Legal reporter Charlie Savage leaned heavily on the conservative politics of those pushing charges of voter intimidation by the New Black Panther Party at a polling place, and accusing Obama's ...

Conservative Rep. Darrell Issa, a 'Nuisance' and a 'Pest'

Political personality reporter Mark Leibovich on Rep. Darrell Issa: "Every Congress seems to produce a designated pest, adept at drawing attention to nuisance issues (and his nuisance self) while ...

Times Loses Its Distaste for Religion As Houston Churches Push Amnesty for Illegals

Reporter James McKinley Jr. didn't find any pro-amnesty liberals, but managed to identify opponents of immigration reform as conservative and right-wing: "Many clergy members say they face an ...

The Times Celebrates Its Latest Conservative 'Maverick,' Sen. Lindsay Graham

Robert Draper files another long, condescending Sunday Magazine profile on the conservative movement and its "quisling," Sen. Lindsay Graham of "bloodred" South Carolina.

The NYT's Skewed View: Liberal Newsweek 'Strives to Be Apolitical," Far-Left Daily Kos Just a 'Political Blog'

Two stories in Thursday's New York Times featured the paper avoiding pinning ideological labels on two liberal media organs: the magazine Newsweek and the blog Daily Kos. Reporter Jeremy Peters ...

Far-Left Daily Kos Just a 'Political Blog' at the Times

Joseph Plambeck never reveals precisely what sort of "political blog" Daily Kos is: "Mr. Moulitsas said that because of his blog's success, there are other polling organizations willing to work ...

CNN Touts Conservative-Bashing Kathleen Parker as 'Conservative'

CNN's new, gentle version of "Crossfire" will pit "Democrat" and disgraced former governor Eliot Spitzer against "conservative" columnist Kathleen Parker, according to the Times' unbalanced ...

Dubious 'Free Speech' Arguments Color Coverage of Supreme Court's Decision on Banning Terrorist Aid

Was free speech really harmed by a recent Supreme Court decision? A lead story and lead editorial make the case: "In a case pitting free speech against national security, the Supreme Court on ...
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