NeilMacFarquhar

Hiding Louis Farrakhan's Racist Rants

The Times' reporter on the Muslim-American beat, Neil MacFarquhar, waits until the 30th paragraph to issue a brief sentence on Farrakhan's "speeches that were deemed racist."

Fox News Cites Times Watch's Story on Double Standards

Brit Hume led off his "Political Grapevine" by noting a Times Watch discovery: Two Times reporters who have appeared on Charlie Rose relayed personal opinions on the broadcast - but only the one ...

Times Reporter Chastised for Saying He Wants US to Win in Iraq

The Times' military correspondent got in hot water for advancing a personal opinion on the Iraq War on television. But what about liberal reporters who do the same?

Imams on a Plane: Neil MacFarquhar's Grossly Misleading Review

"Yet that fictional moment is an all-too-possible occurrence, as witnessed when six imams were hauled off a US Airways plane in Minnesota in November after apparently spooking at least one fellow ...

MacFarquhar Defends Controversial New Congressman from "Muslim-Bashers"

MacFarquhar dismisses Keith Ellison's past ties to the Nation of Islam and the anti-Semite Lewis Farrakhan, says Ellison is being "attacked on religious grounds."

The Top Issue in American Life After 9-11: Head Scarves for Muslim Women

The Times gets its priorities straight, leading off a set of features on 9-11 with a story on a Muslim woman's struggle with her headscarf, under the subhead "Religious Bias.

Times Watch Quotes of Note - From "Kennedy Milk" to Bush's Bombs

Plus, a "varied group" of Muslim anti-war activists, Israel's "ferocious" attacks on Hezbollah, and Fidel Castro, the prisoner

Nasrallah's Dreams of Israel Annihilation Missing from NYT

Neil MacFarquhar's profile of Hezbollah's terrorist leader Sheikh Nasrallah included this description: "He always calls Israel 'the Zionist entity,' maintaining that all Jewish immigrants should ...

Times Celebrates "Disney Touch" of Terrorist Leader

"The success or failure of any cease-fire in Lebanon will largely hinge on the opinion of one figure: Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary general of Hezbollah, who has seen his own aura and that ...
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