LabelingBias

Moderate Sen. Lugar's Struggles With Tea Party Mark 'Identity Crisis' in GOP?

The paper's slanted Tea Party reporter Kate Zernike profiles one of the paper's favorite Republicans, Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana: "A Rhodes scholar and a former Navy officer, Mr. Lugar has ...

David Koch Gives to Libertarians, But George Soros Is Nonpartisan?

Double standards: Left-wing billionaire George Soros, nonpartisan? A Times photo caption reads "David H. Koch, top, has given generously to a libertarian group, and George Soros has donated ...

Now It's GOP Gov. Chris Christie Using 'Incendiary' Language

For the second time in five days, a Times reporter has accused an elected Republican politician of employing incendiary language, a term the Times rarely if ever uses when talking of statements by ...

NYT's Steinhauer Cites Conservative Rep. Allen West's 'Incendiary Remarks,' 'Hard-Right' Stands

New York Times reporter Jennifer Steinhauer says that Republican Allen West of Florida "is frequently featured on the Fox News Channel and in other conservative settings where he enjoys ...

Steinhauer Cites Conservative Rep. Allen West's 'Incendiary Remarks,' 'Hard-Right' Stands

Reporter Jennifer Steinhauer says that Republican Allen West of Florida "is frequently featured on the Fox News Channel and in other conservative settings where he enjoys explaining, reiterating ...

Obama Will 'Spare,' 'Reduce the Growth' of Medicare, But GOP Threatens to 'Shrink' It With 'Big Cuts'

While GOP attempts at reform of Medicare are eviscerated as 'big Medicare cuts' or a 'shrinking,' the Times greets Obama's proposals with soothing words like 'overhaul' or claims that Obama is ...

Dictators and Double Standards? Times Goes After Inhofe, Stayed Quiet on Ted Kennedy-Andropov Memo

Tracking conservative figures who support Ivory Coast's dictator, Mark Oppenheimer unearths A secretive evangelical Christian organization that some say has a right-wing agenda. Meanwhile, the ...

Shear Finds Tons of Conservatives, Almost No Liberals in Govt. Shutdown Debate

For Michael Shear, "vocal conservatives," "religious conservatives" abound in the Republican Party, but liberals are almost nowhere to be found among Democrats, even ones like Robert Reich and ...

'Conservative Landscape' Against Illegal Immigration, But ACLU, SPLC Not Liberal?

The Times finds "a conservative drift in state capitols" against illegal immigration, but fails to label the ACLU or the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Jerusalem Bureau Chief Pits 'J Street' Doves vs. Hawks of 'Extreme Right'

Ethan Bronner: "[Professor Shlomo Avineri] added that the extreme right in Israel had always insisted that criticism of Israeli policy was unpatriotic. Now, the extreme right has more power than ...
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