LabelingBias

Fudging Obama-Book Author & Debate Host Gwen Ifill's Conflict of Interest

10/2/2008 1:59 PM ET
Jim Rutenberg focused on the GOP's slow response, not journalist Gwen Ifill's clear conflict of interest, and concludes by quoting a (fired) "former adviser to McCain" calling Ifill "as honorable ...

Steny Hoyer, Centrist? Since When?

10/2/2008 12:06 PM ET
Congressional reporter Carl Hulse has a bad habit of turning liberal Democrats into "centrists" or even "conservatives."

Times Finally Sees Left-Wing Opposition to Bailout Bill, But Leaves Off Liberal Labels

10/1/2008 12:39 PM ET
Apparently, the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus aren't liberal groups.

When Is "Ideology" Not Ideology? When It's Liberal Ideology

9/16/2008 12:46 PM ET
New Times reporter Jackie Calmes: "Yet Mr. McCain has at times in the presidential campaign exhibited a less ideological streak. As he did on Monday, he from time to time speaks in populist tones ...

Conservatives Push "Punitive Measures" on Immigration in Platform

9/3/2008 1:59 PM ET
The Times' label-happy conservative-beat reporter uses the word "conservative" more often than the conjunction "and."

Does "Hazardous" Palin Pick Undercut McCain's Case Against Obama?

9/2/2008 10:10 AM ET
Even before "baby-gate" broke, the Times questioned the "conservative" Palin pick.

"Militantly Anti-Choice" Palin Has the "Echo of Dan Quayle"

8/29/2008 3:33 PM ET
Liberal reporter-turned-leftist nytimes.com blogger Timothy Egan mocks vice presidential pick Gov. Sarah Palin.

Gov. Sarah Palin "Conservative" But Obama-Biden Not Liberal?

8/29/2008 2:00 PM ET
The Times has no problem calling Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin a "conservative," yet failed to label Barack Obama a liberal during the Democratic Convention.
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