PaulWeyrich

Obit Writer Sees Communist as 'Educator,' Conservative as 'Far Right...Unbending Ideologue'

admin — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:25:00 +0000

For Times obituary writer Bruce Weber, Communist Angela Davis is merely an "activist and educator," but the late conservative activist Paul Weyrich was "one of the far right's most unbending ideologues."

Clay Waters

Friday's obituary by Bruce Weber of radical lawyer Leonard Weinglass, described in the Times headline as a "Courtroom Defender Of Radicals and Renegades," glossed over the radicalism of Weinglass's notorious clients. The text box gushed: "A man one colleague called 'our era's Clarence Darrow.'"

Matthews Insults GOP Congresswoman as 'Replicant From Blade Runner'

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:53:00 +0000

Geoffrey Dickens

Chris Matthews, on Thursday's Hardball, took GOP Congresswoman Virginia Foxx to task for claiming that Re

Medicare Trims Suddenly Not So Scary When Obama Proposes Them

admin — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:38:21 +0000

Plus Falling for French Prank & Liberal Snobbery on the Loose

Clay Waters

Medicare Trims Suddenly Not So Scary - When Obama Proposes Them

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

admin — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:34:00 +0000

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

Clay Waters

Reporter Bruce Weber's obituary Friday for Paul Weyrich, one of the founders of the modern conservative movement, relied on unflattering ideological tags, including "ultra-conservative." The Times has previously used that adjective to describe politicians in Iran andSaudi Arabia - and Times Watch's parent organization, the read more