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Times Defends Michelle Obama, Suggests "Proud" Gaffe Overcovered

Dismissing Michelle Obama's "For the first time...I am really proud of my country" gaffe as a "rhetorical stumble," the Times' Michael Powell and Jodi Kantor (pictured) rally around its pick for ...

California, Here We Come: Times Celebrates Gay Marriage

The Times takes every angle in support of a controversial California Supreme Court ruling, even pondering whether the newly legal gay marriage will benefit the state's economy.

Times Maintains Near Silence as Haditha "Massacre" Case Crumbles

The Times ran over 35 stories on the Haditha "massacre," but issued only brief wire reports as the case against two Marines crumbled.

Rock-Star Puffery for Obama: Plus Obama vs. Cosby on Black Fathers

Remarks on black parenting that were "inflammatory" when said by Bill Cosby in 2004 are now blunt and striking when coming from Obama.

Liberal Sen. Jack Reed, Hero of Homeowners and the Homeless

Fawning from Herszenhorn: "[Sen. Reed] is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, but his diminutive height - 5 feet 7 inches on a good day, he says - makes his Special ...

Today's Lead: China's Soaring Economy Making a Path for Other Nations

Edward Wong: "Chinese officials seem to be galled by the apparent hypocrisy of Americans telling them what to do while the American economy is at best stagnant." No mention of the hundreds of ...

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 ...

NYT Magazine Publishes Charge That McCain's a Phony POW

Liberals were outraged in 2004 when they nominated Sen. John Kerry and some veterans who served with him on Swift Boats had the audacity to challenge his war heroism. How will they greet cranky ...

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 ...

Did "Conservative Bloggers" Spread Michelle Obama "Whitey" Rumor?

The Times implies it did - but the rumor entered the blogosphere on the website of a Hillary Clinton supporter.
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