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Times Buries Republican Optimism Under Bland Hed: 'A Tilt Away From Social Issues'

Chief political reporter Adam Nagourney saw reasons for GOP optimism at a governors' conference, but some copy editor and photo caption writers effectively buried that part of his story.

Chamber of Commerce Prez Accused of 'Reactionary Pursuit of Anti-Environmental Policies'

From reporter John Broder's unflattering profile of U.S. Chamber of Commerce president Thomas Donohue, who stands in the way of massive restrictions in the name of fighting global warming: "A wave ...

Outcry Over Obama's Deep Bow Just 'Ballyhoo From Right-Wing Bloggers'

Helene Cooper has the Times mantra down pat, repeating the same charge she wrote about on Monday: Conservative bloggers made a controversy out of Obama's long, deep bow to the emperor of Japan a ...

NYT Wants to Make Reading NYT a Requirement for College Students

A Times promotional email to professors reads: "To begin, please email me with a copy of your syllabus listing the New York Times as required reading."

Obama Flatterer Jodi Kantor Gets Seven-Figure Deal to Pen Obama Book

Young Times reporter Jodi Kantor has signed "a stunning seven-figure book deal" about Obama, less than a month after her flattering piece on the First Couple appeared on the cover of the Times ...

Obama in China: No 'Loud Chest-Beating' Like Bush

Diplomatic reporter Helene Cooper applied some spin to Barack Obama's hamstrung visit to Beijing.

Obama Not to Blame for Flu Vaccine Shortages, but Bush Was Tagged in 2004

The ongoing shortage of swine flu vaccine is not laid at the feet of the Obama White House: His name doesn't even appear in a story quoting "federal health officials" about the shortages. But with ...

Krugman's Hypocrisy: GOP Should Be Shunned for Comparing Dems to Hitler...

but in an April column, Krugman compared Rush Limbaugh to Joseph Stalin.

'Hunger' in America Makes a Comeback...in Times Headlines, Anyway

An Agriculture Department study showing a rise in "food insecurity" becomes a "soaring" increase in U.S. "hunger" in the hands of excitable Times headline writers.

Was KSM Really 'Tortured By Waterboarding 183 Times'?

If Khalid Shaikh Mohammed really was "tortured by waterboarding 183 times" before he gave information, as a high-strung editorial claims, how awful could the procedure really be? But the Times' ...
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