Michael Barbaro

Barbaro's Bashing of NYC's GOP Mayoral Candidate Highlights NYT's Double Standards on Religious Mockery

clay.waters — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:53:13 +0000

Clay Waters

Joseph Lhota is a moderate Republican running for mayor of New York City, but Michael Barbaro's front page Thursday story focuses on an incident back in 1999 when he inflamed Manhattan's artsy liberal elite: "For Mayoral Hopeful Who Lost Fight to Remove Art, No Regrets." Barbaro also reminds us that the New York Times is guilty of double standards in its treatment of art that offends religious sensibilities.

Billionaire Tries to Buy Legislation, and the New York Times Loves It

clay.waters — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:17:45 +0000

Clay Waters

New York Times reporter Michael Barbaro promoted billionaire New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg's bankrolling of his latest liberal crusade on Sunday's front page: "TV Blitz on Guns Puts Swing Senators on the Spot."

Billionaire Tries to Buy Legislation, and the New York Times Loves It

clay.waters — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:41:58 +0000

Clay Waters

Five Blasts of Bias from the New York Times in 2012

clay.waters — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 14:47:28 +0000

Clay Waters

2012 was another banner year for bias at the New York Times, from slanted coverage of campaign 2012, to bizarre displays of individual unfairness to conservatives. The Times also intensified its push for liberal legislation on issues dear to the heart of its readership, like fighting "climate change" and amnesty for illegal immigrants. Here are some of the worst bits of bias from the year that was.

Taking Sides With Mitt Romney's Snobby Liberal Neighbors

NYTimes: Economic 'Recovery' Helping 'Energized, Fortified' Obama Down Stretch As Romney 'Misleads' in Ad

clay.waters — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:31:34 +0000

Clay Waters

The New York Times leaned "Forward!" for Barack Obama's reelection in its campaign coverage over the weekend.

The front of the paper's Saturday Election 2012 section featured a large photo from an Obama rally of a volunteer handing out flags at a fairground rally in Hilliard, Ohio on Friday. The caption noted "A crowd of 2,800 showed up to see Mr. Obama."

NYTimes Videocast Hits Disrespectful, 'Peevish' Romney's 'Serious Gaffe' on Libya -- But Contradicted By Own Editors

clay.waters — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:37:35 +0000

Clay Waters

The second 2012 presidential debate hosted by Candy Crowley got the full court press from the New York Times, with live fact-checking online and a 40-minute TimesCast wrap-up, that found Times reporters wrongly defending Obama and bashing Mitt Romney on a fiery exchange on Libya.

NYT: Democrats Have Portrayed Romney as 'Ultraconservative, Unfeeling Capitalist'...and So Has the NYT

clay.waters — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:02:15 +0000

Clay Waters

On Thursday New York Times campaign reporters Michael Barbaro and Ashley Parker filed a relatively positive story on the suddenly resurgent Romney campaign: "Romney Campaign Looks to Capitalize on Image Voters Saw in Debate."

NYT's Barbaro on Doom and 'Gloom' in Romney Camp, 'Entering McCain-Palin Ticket Territory'

clay.waters — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:02:28 +0000

Clay Waters

New York Times campaign reporter Michael Barbaro jumped on the hidden Mitt video in a"Caucus" post Tuesday night, eagerly dramatizing "A Mood of Gloom Afflicts the Romney Campaign."

Mitt Romney’s traveling press secretary walked to the back of the candidate’s plane midflight on Tuesday and teasingly asked a pair of journalists in an exit row if they were “willing and able to assist in case of an emergency.”

NYTimes: Hidden Mitt Video Calls Into Question if 'Romney Is, at Base, an Empathetic and Caring Man'

clay.waters — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:05:09 +0000

Clay Waters

A secretly recorded video of Mitt Romney speaking at a fundraiser about the "47 percent of the country who are dependent on government," put out last night by the liberal magazine Mother Jones, calls into question whether Romney is "at base, an empathetic and caring man." That's according to the New York Times, which rushed the Monday night breaking news onto Tuesday morning's front page in a story by Michael Shear and Michael Barbaro, "read more

NYTimes: Hidden Mitt Video Calls Into Question if 'Romney Is, at Base, an Empathetic and Caring Man'

clay.waters — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:44:32 +0000

Clay Waters

New York Times Blares Mildly Good Poll News for Obama on Two Consecutive Front Pages

clay.waters — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:37:04 +0000

Clay Waters

The New York Times is milking its latest poll, showing some good news for Obama, to maximum effect. Sunday's front-page featured a poll story from one of the paper's top Obama boosters, White House correspondent Jackie Calmes (pictured): "Challenged on Medicare, G.O.P.

Once More, NYTimes Dubiously Defends Obama's 'You Didn't Build That' as 'Taken Out of Context'

clay.waters — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:50:59 +0000

Clay Waters

New York Times White House reporter Jackie Calmes filed from Charlotte on Saturday after the Democratic National Convention had passed, "Democrats Face a Juggling Act Over Jobs."

NYTimes Pins Clint Eastwood's 'Bizarre, Head-Scratching 12 Minutes' Directly on Mitt Romney on Saturday's Front Page

clay.waters — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 19:10:20 +0000

Clay Waters

Mitt Romney can't win: Either he's being upstaged by a great speaker (Paul Ryan) according to reporter Adam Nagourney, or he's being embarrassed by a "bizarre" one (Clint Eastwood) according to Michael Barbaro and Michael Shear on Saturday's front page, "Before T

Predictable: NYTimes Fills News Gap With Overblown Lead on Discord Among 'Straight-Laced' GOP 'Squares'

clay.waters — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:19:45 +0000

Clay Waters

How painfully predictable: The New York Times filled the news gap caused by the cancellation of Monday's events with rumors of party discord.

NYTimes Contrasts 'Relaxed and Loose' Obama With Unsubtle Romney Rallies, 'Mostly White and Older'

clay.waters — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:42:21 +0000

Clay Waters

When the New York Times sends reporters to compare and contrast the Romney and Obama campaign styles, little surprise who comes off looking best. The banner headline on the front of Monday's special Campaign 2012 section set the scene: "Two Campaigns With Styles as Similar as Red and Blue."