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The Times Finally Slips in Some Unflattering Facts About 'Dream Act' Amnesty

Wait: I thought this was just about high school students? Julia Preston belatedly reports some of the actual features of the "Dream Act" amnesty program: "The lead sponsor of the Senate bill, ...

So Much for Civility: Times Embraces Obama's 'Hostage-Taking' Rhetoric

The sedate, responsible New York Times advances the cause of civility on its editorial page: "President Obama was right to use the metaphor of hostage-taking to describe the Republicans' tactics."

Jesus and Muhammad: NYT Hypocrisy on 'Challenging, Disturbing' Images

The Times berates the Smithsonian for pulling a video offensive to some Christians: "The exhibition is supposed to deal with culturally challenging images. Indeed, some of the most important roles ...

NYT Style Mag 'T': No to the 'Cult of the Virgin Mary,' Yes to Ground Zero Imam

Holly Brubach gets seriously anti-Catholic in "T," the Times style magazine: "[Marina] Warner's scholarly survey of the shape-shifting that Mary has undergone over the past two millennia ...

David Herszenhorn Shrugs Off Democratic Senators Comparing GOP to Terrorists

Compare Republican senators to terrorists, and threaten a popular uprising against them? Shrugworthy news to Times reporter David Herszenhorn. But suggest Obama is being too partisan, and you're ...

The Left-leaning Media's Myth-Making about Julian Assange

WikiLeaks founder hailed by journalists as folk hero, renegade.

NYT Style Mag 'T' Treats Julian Assange As Pop Icon, Purveyor of Truths

A writer for the Times' style magazine credits Julian Assange with giving "The Gift of Information" this Christmas season: "In contrast to the petabytes of data flotsam, half-truths and ...

Frank Rich: 'Stockholm Syndrome' Explains Obama's Post-Election Lethargy

Sunday columnist Frank Rich displays his usual firm grasp of common sense and civility: "Those desperate to decipher the baffling Obama presidency could do worse than consult an article titled ...

Times Editor Feebly Tries to Explain Away Success of Conservative Books on NBC's Today Show

During a Today show report about how well books written by the likes of Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck are selling, the Times' Jenny Schuessler rationalized that the only reason conservative books ...

Editor Sam Tanenhaus 'Weasels' Out of Reviewing Book Critical of Paper

Author William McGowan and Times Book Review editor Sam Tanenhaus had a revealing email exchange recently over the prospects of the New York Times reviewing McGowan's new book "Gray Lady Down ...
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