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Times Watch Presents the Quotes of Note for 2006

12/19/2006 9:15 AM ET
Presenting the absolute worst quotes of the year from the New York Times, including the much-prized Quote of the Year. Who won?

English-Only Measure Burnishes Town's Image as "Old West Backwater"

12/19/2006 8:48 AM ET
The Times fires some cheap shots at "anti-immigration" legislation in Pahrump, Nevada.

"Frightened" Illegal Immigrants in Hiding After Raids

12/18/2006 4:49 PM ET
The Times almost ignores the reason for the raid (identity theft) and shows strange new solicitude for a CEO whose business was hurt by the arrest of the illegal immigrants, or as the Times puts ...

Air America Bankrupt - Times Again Ignores Loan from Boys & Girls Club

12/18/2006 4:31 PM ET
A choice example of liberal hypocrisy is again ignored by the Times.

El Salvador's "Right-Wing Junta" vs. Sandinista's "Left-Wing Council"

12/16/2006 8:21 AM ET
Tim Weiner's obituary for Jeane Kirkpatrick, America's forceful ambassador to the United Nations, includes some of Weiner's trademark foreign policy liberalism.

Publicizing a Play for Tookie

12/14/2006 1:54 PM ET
An obscure piece of anti-death penalty propaganda theatre in Berkeley somehow makes the Times' front section.

Objective Journalism or Pro-Environmentalist PR?

12/13/2006 1:34 PM ET
The Times pushes a dire story on global warming, while encouraging ad agencies to produce pro-energy conservation ad campaigns for a news story.

"Striking Disparities" in the Earnings of...Mobsters?

12/12/2006 1:19 PM ET
The class struggle goes underground, as the Times finds that even the mob has its haves and have-nots.

1994 Letter to Gay Rights Group Hurting Mitt Romney Among Conservatives?

12/12/2006 12:51 PM ET
An old letter from the Massachusetts governor to a gay rights group gets the Times overexcited.

Dictatorships and Double Standards in the Times

12/12/2006 9:25 AM ET
"Brutal dictator" Pinochet vs. "grandfatherly" North Korean dictator Kim Il Sung.
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