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The New York Times vs. Fiscal Discipline, Again

Monica Davey in Michigan: "Six states have approved reductions in the length of state unemployment benefits. The notion appalls people like Jeananne Bishop, who has been desperately searching for ...

Davey Condescends to Conservative Govs in Wisconsin, Ohio, Insists Bipartisanship Calls Are Phony

"...there are signs that the same Republicans see a need to show, at least publicly, a desire to play well with others....critics dismiss the moves as desperate attempts to shore up sinking ...

'Fiscal Conservatism...Comes With Its Own Costs,' Times Warns Indiana

Michael Powell and Monica Davey urge readers to look behind the curtain of Indiana's economic health: "The state also serves as a case study of the often large tradeoffs required to balance the ...

Left-Wing Protests in Wisconsin: Full of High Hopes and 'Positive Energy' for 2012

Times reporters are determined to wring victory out of the defeat by public-sector unions in Wisconsin, celebrating the filibustering Democratic politicians returning as "folk heroes" and the ...

Gov. Walker Gave 'Big Gift' to WI Dems, Yet Controversial Obama-Care Passage Was 'Drawback' for G.O.P.?

The Times spun the defeat of public-sector unions in Wisconsin by Gov. Scott Walker as a long-term political victory for Democrats: Wisconsin Curbs Public Unions, But Democrats Predict Backlash" ...

NY Times Asks: 'Is Wisconsin the Tunisia of Collective Bargaining Rights?'

Was the question raised Saturday by the New York Times really "inevitable"? "The parallels raise the inevitable question: Is Wisconsin the Tunisia of collective bargaining rights?" The paper's ...

Poor John Dingell Faces Nasty Campaign and Angry 'Bellowing' - Michele Bachmann a 'Polarizing Republican'

Double standards: The Times lets Democratic congressional baron John Dingell lament the nasty political climate that means "He now faces a wealthy cardiologist with Tea Party leanings, and ...

Times Leaves Out Enormity of Obama-Care's Defeat in Missouri

Monica Davey covers the vote on a Missouri measure that would nullify a key element of Obama-care, but leaves off the figures: Obama-care went down to defeat by an enormous margin - 71%-29%, ...

NYT Early to Party ID When GOP's in Trouble - Democrat Labels Often Never Arrive

The Times let its readers know in the headline and first sentence that politician Mark Kirk, caught exaggerating about his military service, was a Republican. Yet profiles on prominent Democrats ...
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