LabelingBias

Lichtblau's Incomplete Assault on Biased "Political Hiring" at Justice

An incomplete story infused with labeling bias: While the Federalist Society is "bedrock conservative," the Council on American-Islamic Relations merely "advocates civil liberties."

Where's the Party (Affiliation)? Democratic Senators Saved from Embarrassment

Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad suffered embarrassment when it turned out he had benefited from a sweetheart mortgage rate from Countrywide Financial, a target of Congressional Democrats. But the ...

Times Warns McCain: Don't Call Obama a Tax-and-Spend Liberal

Hitting McCain hard for implying liberal Obama will raise taxes: Economists of various ideological persuasions, however, view Mr. McCain's assessment as inaccurate or exaggerated. Some question ...

Double Standard Alert: GOP "Death Tax" in Quotes, Dem "Windfall Profits" Not

Liberal conventional wisdom on display on Wednesday's front page, with "death tax" and the idea of "victory" in Iraq surrounded by quotation marks, but liberal phrases run unencumbered.

Finally, Times Reveals Left-Wing Unions Behind Anti-Wal-Mart Group

As the pressure group Wal-Mart Watch takes a victory lap, reporter Michael Barbaro finally details the groups close ties to one of the more left-wing unions, SEIU.

Nossiter Sniffs at Conservative La. Gov. Jindal, Friend of "Fiscal Stringency"

Scary conservatives afoot in Louisiana, warns reporter Adam Nossiter: "Religion and fiscal stringency have a friendly home at the state Capitol here, with a conservative, Bobby Jindal, in the ...

Stark Contrast on Supreme Court: McCain's Conservative "Fealty" vs. Smart Obama's Non-Ideological Picks

In Neil Lewis's world, John McCain will be forced to pay "fealty" to the "conservative faithful" by appointing staunch conservative justices, while Barack Obama, with his "long and deep interest ...

"Conservative" Supreme Court Spooked by Public Backlash?

"Perhaps the conservative justices were taken aback by the public response to the Lilly Ledbetter case, a 5-to-4 decision in an employment discrimination case last term that placed a tight time ...

'Centrist" Fla Gov. Charlie Crist Now "Chain-Gang Charlie"

Adam Nagourney felt obliged to make moderate Republican Gov. Charlie Crist, a possible McCain Veep pick, into a hard-line, law-and-order conservative.

Times Apologizes for Calling Democratic Group a Democratic Group

The Times remains sensitive to liberal complaints of unfair labeling, yet tosses around the term "conservative" with abandon.
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