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No, George Bush Didn't 'Go It Alone' in Iraq

This time reporter Mark Landler furthers the Times myth that President George W. Bush led America into a "unilateral invasion" of Iraq.

Double Standard: 'Enigmatic' North Korean 'Rulers,' but Right-Wing 'Dictators' Use 'Terror'

Can we declare a moratorium? December 17, 2011 web headline: "Kim Jong-il, North Korea's Enigmatic Strongman. A July 10, 1994 headline: "Kim Il Sung, Enigmatic 'Great Leader' of North Korea for 5 ...

Savage Again Protects Eric Holder, Downplays Fast and Furious, Lets AG Flip Race Card

Charlie Savage continues to downplay the "Fast and Furious" gunwalking scandal around Attorney General Eric Holder, while Times headlines showcase Holder standing standing brave and firm against a ...

GOP Moderates, Still 'Dwindling' Away After 15 Years

Political editor Richard Stevenson, December 2011: "Christine Todd Whitman, the former governor of New Jersey and one of a dwindling band of moderate Republicans..." Reporter Adam Clymer, ...

Paul Krugman, a Notable Quotable 2011 'Winner' for Exploiting Tragedy for Political Gain

For offensively exploiting tragedy for political gain after the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords and upon the 10th anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks, New York Times columnist Paul ...

At Official End of Iraq War, Times Performs Front-Page Psychoanalysis of Haditha 'Massacre'

Newly discovered documents let the Times revisit, and psychoanalyze, what it has long touted as a massacre of innocent civilians: "Haditha became a defining moment of the war, helping cement an ...

Gingrich's 'Apocalyptic...Fierceness' Over the Iran Threat Seen as 'Simplistic'

Trip Gabriel: "And just as during the cold war, Mr. Gingrich frames the challenges in stark terms that can have an apocalyptic ring, as when he described Palestinians as an 'invented' people whose ...

Friedman: Netanyahu's Standing Ovation in Congress 'Bought and Paid for by the Israel Lobby'

Come again? "I sure hope that Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, understands that the standing ovation he got in Congress this year was not for his politics. That ovation was bought and ...

'Conservative' Christian Labeling Overdose in Iowa

Conservative, you say? Susan Saulny reports from Des Moines: "Bob Vander Plaats, president of the Family Leader, a conservative advocacy group popular with evangelical Christians here, has been ...

News Story Asserts Romney 'Overly Polished and Occasionally Robotic'

Ashley Parker, sounding more like a columnist than a campaign trail reporter: "Mitt Romney - he of the inscrutable, overly polished and occasionally robotic mien - is striving mightily to humanize ...
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