TimesWatch

Shallow Palin Survived Debate on "Talking Points," Won't Help McCain

10/3/2008 10:59 AM ET
The Times thinks the Palin-Biden vice presidential debate will soon be forgotten. Would it feel the same way if Palin had flopped?

An Incomplete on Grading Anti-McCain Ads

10/2/2008 2:47 PM ET
Julie Bosman trumps up McCain's "Keating Five" involvement and fails to fully question the "rape kit" story.

Fudging Obama-Book Author & Debate Host Gwen Ifill's Conflict of Interest

10/2/2008 12:59 PM ET
Jim Rutenberg focused on the GOP's slow response, not journalist Gwen Ifill's clear conflict of interest, and concludes by quoting a (fired) "former adviser to McCain" calling Ifill "as honorable ...

Supreme Confusion on Palin and the "Right to Privacy"

10/2/2008 11:38 AM ET
In Timesland, "privacy" = abortion: "Ms. Palin did not say how she could believe in a right to privacy and oppose Roe v. Wade."

Steny Hoyer, Centrist? Since When?

10/2/2008 11:06 AM ET
Congressional reporter Carl Hulse has a bad habit of turning liberal Democrats into "centrists" or even "conservatives."

Sarah "No Foreign Policy Experience" Palin - But What About Bill?

10/1/2008 4:41 PM ET
Is the governor of Alaska and VP pick held to a higher standard on foreign policy than Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton was during his first campaign for president?

Ad Wars: Obama vs. Republicans. Guess Who the Times Favors?

10/1/2008 12:25 PM ET
More double standards: An Obama ad does "a compelling job" of tying McCain to George Bush, while a Republican ad is confusing and its effectiveness questionable.

Times Finally Sees Left-Wing Opposition to Bailout Bill, But Leaves Off Liberal Labels

10/1/2008 11:39 AM ET
Apparently, the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus aren't liberal groups.

Deep-Thinker Frank Rich Lauds "The View" & Letterman for Calling Out McCain's "Lies"

9/30/2008 2:43 PM ET
Sentences we finished only because we're being paid to: "Picking up where the 'The View' left off in speaking truth to power..."

Entirely Wrong Times Says McCain's Tax Claim "Simply False"

9/30/2008 1:30 PM ET
A fact-checking flub by Larry Rohter: "Mr. McCain's claim has been called 'simply false' by the nonpartisan FactCheck.org." vs. FactCheck.org: "McCain was right..."
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