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The "Ultra-Conservative" Paul Weyrich an "Unbending Ideologue"

Even in marking the death of conservative icon Paul Weyrich (pictured), the Times couldn't resist piling on unflattering labels.

Middle East Moral Equivalency Watch: Terrorist Group Hamas vs. Israel

According to reporter Ethan Bronner, the terrorist group Hamas and the state of Israel both 'have a point' when it comes to violating a truce - and a defensive move by Israel 'drove the cycle of ...

Adam Nossiter: Loves Taxes, Dislikes Southern Conservatives

Adam Nossiter again showed his love of tax hikes and his hostility toward Southern conservatives in a story in which he enjoys Louisiana's financial struggles a little too much and condescends to ...

Times Watch Quotes of Note 2008 - The NYT's Worst Quotes of the Year

The New York Times' embrace of Barack Obama's candidacy, and its fervent defense of him against John McCain's "racist" and unfair attacks, made 2008 a particularly bias-packed year for the paper. ...

Integrity of Interior Department Compromised By Bush

Reporter John Broder portrays Ken Salazar as a Cabinet official who must clean up the mess made by Bush: "He will be expected to restore scientific integrity to a department where it has ...

Taking the Federal Government to Kindergarten

Education reporter Sam Dillon only talks to liberals who argue that massive pre-school spending by the federal government would be a wise investment: "...experts are debating how best to improve ...

Putting the Boot In: Iraq Attack Kicks Off Front-Page Mockery of Bush

The editorial board blog harrumphs: "But we hope Mr. Bush does not only see the incident as a source of endless 'shoe' jokes." So why did the paper use the incident to mock Bush?

Bumiller Breaks out the Thesaurus: Shinseki "Vilified" and "Reviled" by Bushies

Elisabeth Bumiller, the paper's Bush-hostile White House reporter, keeps it going as she moves to the foreign policy desk covering the Pentagon.

Unhealthy Eagerness for More Government Health Care

Kevin Sack crosses his fingers for government-run health care: "If a broad swath of Americans feel destabilized enough by health costs, their demands for relief could help marginalize the kind of ...

Iraqi Shoe-Hurling Journalist Merely Expressing "Dissent"?

The Times pointed out that symbols of both Bush and Saddam Hussein had been pelted with shoes by Iraqis, emphasizing that the protest against Bush had been "far bigger."
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