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NY Times' Baker on CBS: President Bush 'Felt That the Paper Had Not Been Balanced'

On Monday's CBS This Morning, the New York Times' Peter Baker didn't reveal anything shocking about George W. Bush's opinion about the liberal paper. Charlie Rose wondered about one detail ...

NYT Leans Heavily on Questionable '90 Percent' of People Who Favor Background Checks

The Times takes for granted that 90% of the public actually support background checks and that Obama has failed to gain a victory on behalf of the people: "That raises a broader question: If he ...
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In NYT's Cornucopia of Stories on 2016 Prospects, It's Hillary 1, GOP and Joe Biden Zero

David Halbfinger basically calls Gov. Christie a bully in a front-page story: "It does not take much for Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey to uncork his temper. He has called a Navy combat ...
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NY Times Lets 'Visibly Frustrated' Obama 'Sternly' Lecture Congress on Gun Control

The Times sympathetically hypes the gun-control angst of a "visibly frustrated" President Obama: "With resistance to tougher gun laws stiffening in Congress, a visibly frustrated President Obama ...
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Why Did Bill Clinton Sign DOMA? Sleep Deprivation and '96 Opponent Bob Dole, Suggests NY Times

Why did Democratic president Bill Clinton anger the gay rights movement by signing the Defense of Marriage Act? Blame exhaustion and Bob Dole, suggest Peter Baker: "He had just flown across the ...
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After Four Years of Denying It, New York Times Banner Headline Admits Obama's 'Liberal Vision'

The cat's out of the bag: Obama's a liberal. A banner headline across the New York Times front page confirmed what conservatives have been saying for years: "Obama Offers Liberal Vision: 'We ...
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After 4 Years of Denying It, New York Times Banner Headline Admits Obama's 'Liberal Vision'

The cat's out of the bag: Obama's a liberal. A banner headline across the Times front page confirmed what conservatives have been saying for years: "Obama Offers Liberal Vision: 'We Must Act.'" ...
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New York Times Again Unfairly Slams Sarah Palin for Giffords' Shooting

NYT's Peter Baker dredges up an unfair accusation against Sarah Palin: "The use of gun symbolism has at times provoked controversy. After Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot ...
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New York Times' Massacre Coverage Permeated With Calls for Gun Control

The New York Times wasted no time in politicizing Friday's massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. Calls for legislation permeating the paper's weekend coverage of the ...
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Are Obama and Romney's Views 'Starkly Different' or in Alignment? NYT Front Page Can't Decide

A front-page New York Times photo caption on the thrid and last presidential debate claimed "The two rivals offered starkly different views of the world," but a front-page story suggested "the ...
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