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Keller: Gingrich Great on Illegal Immigration, But Still 'Makes Me Shudder'

Former Times executive editor praises (?) Gingrich: "There are plenty of reasons the thought of President Newt Gingrich makes me shudder. But on this hard, defining American issue, he's shown a ...

Sounding Desperate, NYT Warns of Military Takeover in Greece if Euro is Abandoned

Economics reporter Landon Thomas Jr. turns in his screenplay: "It would be Europe's worst nightmare: after weeks of rumors, the Greek prime minister announces late on a Saturday night that the ...

Euro-Philic NYT Paints 'Isolated' Britain As 'Big Loser' in Battle Over EU Accord

Despite the wrecked economies of Europe, there's little euro-skepticism among Times reporters: "The big loser in Brussels was Britain...[British PM David] Cameron was perceived as having made a ...

Inflating Gingrich's Israel Support to 'Damaging,' Distracting' Diplomatic Drama

Newt Gingrich's criticism of the Israel-Palestinian "peace process" "has the potential to be a distraction to his surging campaign." But isn't it popular with conservatives and conservative ...

Times Rips Gingrich's 'Doomsday' Nuclear Scenario, But Takes Enviro Apocalypse Seriously

The Times devotes its front page to nullifying Newt Gingrich's far-fetched alarm over a nuclear threat - yet the Times never questions the most apocalyptic doomsday scenarios put forth by ...

Times Watch Quotes of Note - Surging GOPers 'Are to Varying Degrees Yahoos'

Plus: London rioters spurred by altars to consumption and greed," and lefty "99 percent" slogan compared to "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death."

Surging GOPers 'Are to Varying Degrees Yahoos'

Plus: London rioters were spurred by "altars to consumption and greed," and the lefty "99 Percent" slogan compared to "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death."

'Conservatives' vs. 'Women's Rights Communities' on the Morning-After Pill

Labeling slant in a story on Obama blocking sale of the morning-after pill to girls under 17: "...with conservative and anti-abortion groups opposed and public health and women's rights groups in ...

'Trickle-Down Economics' Treated As Factual Term; 'Death Tax' Was Conservative Rhetoric

No quote marks? Richard Oppel Jr.: "Mr. Romney's remarks served as something of a rebuttal to a speech that Mr. Obama gave on Tuesday in Kansas, in which the president warned that trickle-down ...

Obama Allies Attack Newt, Mitt to NYT Applause, But Bush's 2004 Attacks Were Wrong

Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg: "The jabs at Mr. Gingrich are one part gleeful mischief-making and one part serious due diligence....Their unrelenting attacks on Mr. Romney, which culminated in a ...
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