TimesWatch

"Housing Slump" Not So Scary After All?

Slate magazine argues: "The NYT confidently headlines its lead, 'Housing Slump Pinches States in Pocketbook.' It's a shame, then, that we have to wait till the 29th paragraph to find out that 'it ...

No Surge Protectors in the Times' Baghdad Bureau

The Times again suggests the troops surge in Iraq is doomed to failure.

The Times Loves GOP Moderates

Free at last: "During the 12 years that Republicans controlled the House, moderate Republicans were the stepchildren of their party, expected to vote with their conservative leadership on crucial ...

Defending Poor Nancy Pelosi from Presidential "Assault" over Syria

Defending the Speaker with pro-Democrat talking points.

Celebrating a Left-Wing Writer's "Crackling Expose"

"Jeremy Scahill's muckraking book 'Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army,'...[is] a crackling expose of the secretive military contractor Blackwater USA, which Scahill ...

Krugman: Clinton Administration "Pretty Honest and Well Run"

Ignore the evidence and just take Krugman's word for it: "The Clinton years were a parade of fake scandals: Whitewater, Troopergate, Travelgate, Filegate, Christmas-card-gate."

A Reporter's Grudge Against France's Tough-on-Crime Candidate

France's tough-on-crime presidential candidate "alienated many in ethnic districts" - as well as reporter Elaine Sciolino.

Is the Times Afraid of Mitt Romney?

"And of his top eight donors, four....are Mormons who each gave more than $100,000."

The "Unsubstantiated" Swift Boat Allegations Rise Again

A flashback to the Times' 2004 campaign coverage -"unsubstantiated accusations" again Sen. John Kerry from the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.

Adam Nagourney Sees "Clear Blue Tint" in 2008 Race

More Democratic optimism from the paper's chief political reporter.
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