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Sen. Chris Dodd, a "Happy Warrior" Democrat in a "Joyous Orbit"

Reporter Mark Leibovich isn't quite as kind to conservative Republicans as he is to liberal Democrats like Sen. Dodd.

Legalizing Abortion a Victory for Poor, Older Women in Mexico City

James McKinley Jr. repeats liberal talking points: "For older women, the vote represented a long overdue recognition of their plight."

Are "Cuts in Welfare" Risking Lives of Poor Infants?

Reporter Erik Eckholm finds a familiar culprit for an increase in black infant mortality in Mississippi: "The setbacks have raised questions about the impact of cuts in welfare and ...

Linda Greenhouse Loses Her Abortion Balance

After keeping them under wraps yesterday, Supreme Court reporter Linda Greenhouse discreetly waves her pro-abortion colors in a "news analysis."

The Times Embraces One N-Word: "Nationalists"

Don't blame radical Muslims for the execution-style killings of three Christians in Turkey: "Turkish authorities detained five men for questioning, three 19-year-olds and two 20-year-olds; the ...

Still Swerving Around the "Partial-Birth Abortion" Label

The Times avoids the "provocative" (but accurate) label of "partial-birth abortion" in headlines, while fencing the phrase with quotation marks in stories.

"What Opponents of the Procedure Call...."

The procedure that shall not be named: Partial-birth abortion.

A Pulitzer Prize for Evasive Reporting?

Andrea Elliott's series on a Brooklyn-based Muslim imam won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing - but suffers from a lack of curiosity about the unflattering sides of its subject matter.

Irony Alert: Hatemonger Sharpton Lectures Imus on Racism, but Times Doesn't Notice

The Times' headline gushes: "Meetings Are Part Revival, Part Rally, but All Sharpton." Oh joy.

The Times Loves GOP Moderates

Free at last: "During the 12 years that Republicans controlled the House, moderate Republicans were the stepchildren of their party, expected to vote with their conservative leadership on crucial ...
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