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Economics Reporter Sniffs at U.S. Consumerism, Harkens Back to 80s "Age of Greed"

Peter Goodman revives a golden oldie in his dismissive take on American spending habits: "The Me Decade was declared dead in the recession of the early 1980s, only to yield to the Age of Greed and ...

Luo Mocks "Buttoned-Down Multimillionaire" Mitt

To reporter Michael Luo, Mitt Romney is a "buttoned-down multimillionaire" and a "one-time leveraged-buyout artist" who is "lobbing conservative grenades once again."

Bush to "Sharply Reduce Domestic Spending"? Where?

A Times' reporter's claim of sharply reduced domestic spending is contradicted on the same page of his own paper: "...this year's budget limits the growth of all federal programs, other than the ...

A Double Standard on Political Slurs?

An incident where Hillary Clinton was called a "bitch" in front of John McCain has gotten far more attention than when someone laid into "Bush the bastard" at a Hillary event.

What? Times Thinks McCain's Summer Meltdown Caused by Moves to the Right

According to Elisabeth Bumiller, the McCain campaign collapsed last summer because he ran to the right on tax cuts and religion - but she doesn't mention how McCain's stance on amnesty for ...

Wal-Mart Pleases Business Reporter by Tacking Left

"In Wal-Mart we trust? After years of criticism that it was a poor corporate citizen and miserly employer, maybe."

The "Moderate" New Baptist Covenant, Led by Jimmy Carter

No liberal label for an Atlanta meeting in which attendees "hoped they could pool their resources and voices to push for universal health coverage, or to fight global warming."

Hammering Republican "Orthodoxy" Five Times in Single Story

International Herald Tribune Editor Michael Oreskes: So McCain thought about switching parties - why is the GOP making such a big deal out of it?

Depriving Sean Hannity, Lou Dobbs, Glenn Beck of Free Speech? No Worries

The National Council of La Raza calls for an end to hate speech - as in Lou Dobbs and Sean Hannity - and a Times' web journalist doesn't raise an eyebrow.

Loving Rush Limbaugh's Alleged Loss of Influence

The Times put a photo of Southern Baptist leader Richard Land above the online text showing him calling Limbaugh out of touch for criticizing GOP frontrunner John McCain.
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