Jeremy Peters

NYT's Peters Still Thunderstruck By GOP's Ridiculous, Doomed Attempts to Repeal Obamacare

clay.waters — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:04:14 +0000

Clay Waters

New York Times reporter Jeremy Peters can't stand the House GOP's stubborn attempts to repeal President Obama's "signature legislative achievement." "House Votes Again to Repeal Health Law" marks his second story in two days on the GOP's quixotic quest, and once again he injects obvious mockery into what's supposedly a straight news story:

NYT's Peters Hits 'Waste of Time' Obama-Care Repeal Votes and GOP's 'Myopic Focus' on Deficits

clay.waters — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:11:14 +0000

Clay Waters

On Wednesday, New York Times reporter Jeremy Peters let the Republicans in Congress know he was tired of their silly attempts to repeal Obamacare in "House to Vote Yet Again On Health Care Repeal."

NYT: In Burgeoning Scandals, Is Obama 'Buffeted by Partisanship and Forces Beyond his Control'?

clay.waters — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:47:01 +0000

Clay Waters

The New York Times lead story Thursday by Jeremy Peters, "An Onset of Woes Raises Questions on Obama Vision," gave the President Obama a partial pass amid the multiple scandals besetting his administration, portraying him as at least somewhat a passive victim of circumstance.

NYT's Parker: Poor Jilted Obama 'Wined and Dined' the 'Bad Date' GOP Congress, Gotten 'Nothing in Return'

clay.waters — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:57:17 +0000

Clay Waters

As multiple scandals engulfed the presidency, "Watching Washington This Week," a nytimes.com video featuring New York Times congressional reporters Jeremy Peters and Ashley Parker having a pseudo-informal chat outside the White House, managed to place President Obama as the victim of a cold Republican Congress.

NY Times Puts Benghazi Hearings in Lead Slot, Finds Both Obama 'Intimidation' and 'Political Spectacle'

clay.waters — Thu, 09 May 2013 14:52:31 +0000

Clay Waters

Thursday's New York Times led with the congressional hearings into the Obama administration's response to the terrorist attack on Benghazi, Libya on the anniversary of September 11 that left four Americans dead: "Envoy Testifies Libya Questions Led To Demotion," reported by the team of Scott Shane, Jeremy Peters, and Eric Schmitt.

NYT Public Editor Says Paper Playing Down Benghazi; Dismissive Hearing Coverage Vindicates Her Concern

clay.waters — Thu, 09 May 2013 04:39:23 +0000

Clay Waters

Benghazi hearings opened in the House on Wednesday, and the New York Times printed a preview on page 16 of Wednesday's edition that downplayed any possible revelations about the Obama administration's reaction to the terrorist attack, which killed ambassador Chris Stevens and three others. Testimony is expected by three State Department officials, led by U.S.

NYT Public Editor Says Paper Playing Down Benghazi; Dismissive Hearing Coverage Vindicates Her Concern

clay.waters — Wed, 08 May 2013 16:10:58 +0000

Clay Waters

Benghazi hearings open in the House on Wednesday, and the New York Times printed a preview on page 16 of Wednesday's edition that downplayed any possible revelations about the Obama administration's reaction to the terrorist attack, which killed ambassador Chris Stevens and three others. Testimony is expected by three State Department officials, led by U.S.

NY Times, Not Taking Defeat of 'Gun Safety' Well, Faults 'Gun Lobby's' 'Disputed Talking Points'

clay.waters — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:05:15 +0000

Clay Waters

The New York Times led Thursday's edition with the Senate defeat of President Obama's gun control proposals in a series of procedural votes, including one on expanding background checks that Democrats had hoped would pass.

NY Times Lets 'Visibly Frustrated' Obama 'Sternly' Lecture Congress on Gun Control

clay.waters — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:13:02 +0000

Clay Waters

Barack Obama doesn't want the tragedy in Newtown to go to waste, using emotionally manipulative language to push gun control in a White House speech while surrounded by relatives of victims of gun violence.

NY Times Helps Hagel Across the Finish Line: 'Incendiary,' Uncollegial Opponents 'Have Not Found Much'

clay.waters — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:08:16 +0000

Clay Waters

Reporting Tuesday on former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel's nomination to serve Obama as secretary of defense, the Times' Jeremy Peters again tried to imply the Republican move to filibuster Hagel, who bombed in hearings, was both uncollegial and unprecedented.

More Sympathy for Hagel in NY Times; GOP 'Further Strain Partisan Tensions' by Unprecedented (?) Filibuster

clay.waters — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:16:10 +0000

Clay Waters

Jeremy Peters reported on Friday's front page on the surprise failure to advance the nomination of Obama's nominee for secretary of defense, former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel: "G.O.P.

New York Times Again Defends Chuck Hagel From Mean GOP; Plus Do Only Conservatives Feel 'Ire'?

clay.waters — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:14:05 +0000

Clay Waters

From the day President Obama nominated him, the New York Times has oozed sympathy for the plight of Chuck Hagel, Obama's nominee for secretary of Defense. Times reporters have warned darkly of the disappearance of congressional "comity" and "courtesy" (as if the clubbiness and glad-handing endemic to the U.S.

New York Times Columnists Battle Over Susan Rice and Benghazi

clay.waters — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:11:10 +0000

Clay Waters

Wednesday's New York Times front page featured Susan Rice's failed attempt to assuage concerns of three Senate Republicans on her false statements about the Benghazi massacre in "Rice Concedes Error on Libya: G.O.P. Digs In". Inside was an unflattering photo of a peeved-looking Sen.

Just in Time, NYT Discovers 'Strident' Anti-Romney Slant at MSNBC

clay.waters — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:29:53 +0000

Clay Waters

Just in time, New York Times media reporter Jeremy Peters noticed on Election Day that MSNBC has been rather slanted in its hostility toward Mitt Romney, and that it's starting to reflect badly on its sister network NBC, in "Dueling Bitterness On Cable News."

Surprise: New York Times Actually Takes Seriously Obama 2007 Video Praising Rev. Wright (With Caveats)

clay.waters — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:30:53 +0000

Clay Waters

In a bit of a surprise, New York Times reporters Jeremy Peters and Jim Rutenberg filed a longish article on a recently unearthed Obama video from 2007 showing the president in a fiery, racially charged mode and praising his anti-American pastor Jeremiah Wright, a video downplayed or ignored by most of the mainstream media.