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Tale of Two SOTU's: Obama's Loss of House Hardly Noticed; Power 'Flowed Away' From Bush in 2007

Republicans dashed Obama's attempt at fostering "good will" by issuing their standard rebuttal: "Still, the good will lasted only so long. Moments after Mr. Obama finished speaking, Representative ...

Just How 'Candid' Was Obama's Autobiography?

Matt Bai gushes: "Mr. Obama is probably the most talented writer to occupy the office in the television age; his political career was made possible, in large part, by the candid memoir he wrote as ...

Really Now: 'A Compelling Case That Obamanomics Has Produced Results'

White House reporter Peter Baker: "There is a compelling case that Obamanomics has produced results....The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, known as the stimulus, produced or saved at least ...

UPDATE: Four Years in a Row, No Story on the March for Life in D.C.

The Times did improve on its track record: This year's march was the subject of two photos in the newspaper, as opposed to being totally ignored in print the previous four years. The Times is far ...

First Fluoridated Water, Now Fireplaces: Everything's a Hazard in the NYT Home Section

Some truly goofy articles have appeared on the front of the Home section appealing to easily freaked-out liberal urbanites: Warnings over fluoridated water, celebrated a no impact couple living ...

Frank Rich Goes to the Movies, Finds Another Silly Political Metaphor

Only the overdramatic columnist Frank Rich could find a political message in a Western remake: "The double-barreled success of 'True Grit,' then and now, spreads well beyond those conservative ...

NYT Ignores Leftist Piven's Violent Rhetoric, Blames Beck's Criticism

Media reporter Brian Stelter "inverts the story" to make Glenn Beck a villain and a leftist advocate of violence a hero, claims the Wall Street Journal's James Taranto. "In the paper's telling, ...

Times Watch Quotes of Note: Blame Conservatism, Not the Shooter, for Rampage in Arizona

In the aftermath of the killing in Tucson, Times reporters and commentators placed blame on conservative talk radio, Sarah Palin's campaign map, anti-immigration politics, hostility over ...

Blame Conservatism, Not the Shooter, for Rampage in Arizona

The Times eagerly pointed fingers at Sarah Palin, anti-immigration politics, guns, talk show hosts...anything but the actual person who killed six in an attempted assassination of Congresswoman ...

Joe Lieberman's Unfriendly Sendoff, With Daily Kos Leftist As Escort

The Times let the founder of the left-wing Daily Kos blog do a victory lap upon Lieberman's announced retirement from the Senate. The paper was more respectful in saying farewell to the ...
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