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Now It's GOP Gov. Chris Christie Using 'Incendiary' Language

For the second time in five days, a Times reporter has accused an elected Republican politician of employing incendiary language, a term the Times rarely if ever uses when talking of statements by ...

John Broder Provides Obama Political Cover Over High Gas Prices

The Times wasn't so nearly as sanguine about supply and demand when Democrats were attacking President Bush over high gas prices in 2006: "Exxon Mobil, the world's largest oil company, said it ...

Manohla Dargis Ruins Another Summer Movie Season, Laments 'the Symbolic Phallus'

Manohla Dargis gets embarrassingly feminist and Freudian describing a scene in a new Western: "I just don't believe that scene where her character pulls out a rifle to protect the wagon train's ...

Kate Zernike Finds Political Conspiracy Theories Driven by Conservative Themes, Racism

Zernike, whose Tea Party coverage is marked by hostility and accusations of racism, found a source to selectively pluck out links between conspiracy theorizing and conservative values, plus ...

Fighting Captain Crunch's 'Darker Side' Against 'Epidemic of Childhood Obesity'

"By explicitly tying advertising to childhood obesity, the government is suggesting there is a darker side to cuddly figures like Cap'n Crunch, the Keebler elves, Ronald McDonald and the movie and ...

Times Finally Weighs in on 'Atlas Shrugged,' Hates It (Of Course)

Carina Chocano called the movie, based on Ayn Rand's "ham-fisted fable of laissez-faire capitalism," "rushed, amateurish and clumsy," and burdened by its libertarian ideology. Since when has a ...

Steinhauer Cites Conservative Rep. Allen West's 'Incendiary Remarks,' 'Hard-Right' Stands

Reporter Jennifer Steinhauer says that Republican Allen West of Florida "is frequently featured on the Fox News Channel and in other conservative settings where he enjoys explaining, reiterating ...

Editorial Plays Race Card on 'Birthers,' Falsely Claims Origin on 'Radical Right'

The Times can't believe it: "The disbelief fairly dripped from Mr. Obama as he stood at the West Wing lectern. People are out of work, American soldiers are dying overseas and here were cameras to ...

Times Flubs Timeline of 'Birther' Myth: First Spread by Hillary Clinton Supporters in 2008

A front-page story said Obama's release of his birth certificate "allowed him to cast his political opponents as focused on the trivial at a time when the nation is facing more important issues," ...

Royal Disaster: Networks Obsess Over Wedding, Barely Mention Mexico Drug Violence

Fawning coverage of British nuptials outpaces reporting of Mexican drug war victims.
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