Liberalism

USA's Mr. Robot's Revolution will be Televised. But You Still Should Not Watch It.

Dylan Gwynn — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 12:04:54 +0000

Dylan Gwinn

This week’s episode of USA’s Mr. Robot saw the computer-hacker, techno-geek drama finally get over its mid-season identity crisis, and get back to its obvious intended purpose: glorifying cyber revolution for the purpose of mass income redistribution.

CNBC Host: Liberal Starbucks CEO ‘Preachy and Sanctimonious and Self-Righteous’

julia.seymour — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 16:14:20 +0000

Squawk Box co-host Joe Kernen slams decision to raise menu prices as cost of coffee falls.

Joseph Rossell

Coffee prices are falling, but liberal Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has decided to raise its prices anyway.

CNBC’s Squawk Box co-host Joe Kernen called Schultz out on July 7, saying Schultz was trying “to pad his profits.”

Kernen argued it was unfair to criticize airlines for failing to pass savings along to consumers when oil prices fell, but not criticize Starbucks for raising its prices even as the cost of coffee dropped.

The Media’s Super Mario: Decades of Journalistic Ardor for Cuomo’s Liberal Advocacy

rich.noyes — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 18:57:54 +0000

Rich Noyes

Thirty years ago, journalists’ enthusiasm for Mario Cuomo reached national proportions after the then-New York Governor offered a full-throated liberal attack on Ronald Reagan’s conservative policies in his keynote address to the 1984 Democratic national convention.

“Governor Cuomo’s speech showed it was possible for a Democrat to combat President Reagan on television with philosophy and metaphor, that passion could be the party’s engine and oratory its modern weapon,” the New York Times declared in a July 21, 1984 “news analysis” following the convention.

— Rich Noyes is Research Director at the Media Research Center. Follow Rich Noyes on Twitter.

After Four Years of Denying It, New York Times Banner Headline Admits Obama's 'Liberal Vision'

clay.waters — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:40:58 +0000

Clay Waters

The cat's out of the bag: Obama's a liberal.

After 4 Years of Denying It, New York Times Banner Headline Admits Obama's 'Liberal Vision'

clay.waters — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:54:50 +0000

Clay Waters

The cat's out of the bag: Obama's a liberal.

NYT Sunday Mag: 'What if Our Kids Really Believed We Wanted Them to Have Great Sex?'

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:30:00 +0000

From explicit sex education, to praise for left-wing idol Elizabeth Warren, to another attack on fracking in Pennsylvania, the Sunday Magazine pushed liberalism from all angles this weekend.

Clay Waters

First it was the Sunday Review that traded in liberal news analysis for hard-left essays; will the New York Times Sunday Magazine follow in those left-ward steps? Three long stories from outside writers suggest yes.

Matt Bai: 'Something Awesome' About Sitting Next to Liberal Titan Mario Cuomo

admin — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:38:00 +0000

Matt Bai, chief political correspondent for the Times Magazine: "If you were a kid in the Northeast during the 1980s, as I was, there is something awesome - in the literal sense - about sitting across a desk from Mario Cuomo....the anti-Reagan, a powerful and resonant voice of dissent in the age of 'Top Gun' and Alex P. Keaton. Cuomo, Ted Kennedy and Jesse Jackson were the three titans of the day who seemed to possess the defiance needed to rescue liberalism from obsolescence."

Clay Waters

Matt Bai, chief political correspondent for the Sunday Magazine, celebrated the "grace and gravitas" of former New York State governor and perpetual Democratic presidential hopeful Mario Cuomo, "Papa Doesn't Preach - Mario Cuomo would be a perfect elder statesman, if only his son's generation wanted one."

Blow Braces Against 'Unconscionable Conservative Tilts' Among Voters Come November

admin — Mon, 17 May 2010 12:13:00 +0000

Columnist Charles Blow laments that each day is "bringing more news of unconscionable conservative tilts in the electorate" but rallies the leftist troops with a reworking of an positivity slogan: "Great Recessions don't last. Great ideas do."

Clay Waters

Charles Blow's Saturday column on the conservative resurgence is headlined "Liberals in Limbo" but leaves the left with this rallying cry: "Great Recessions don't last. Great ideas do." (He's talking about liberal ideas, in case that's not obvious.)

Is "Left" becoming a four-letter word?

Britain Moves Right, CBS Sees Cameron as Just Another Liberal

Wed, 12 May 2010 20:18:00 +0000

Kyle Drennen

On Wednesday's CBS Early Show, correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reported on Conservative Party leader David Cameron becoming the new British prime minister, but downplayed the political shift: "Cameron is a conservative in the British sense. In favor of gay rights, a green agenda, and the welfare state."

Where Have All the Tough Guys Gone?

admin — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:35:05 +0000

Dan Kennedy

In an interview in the January issue of Esquire, super tough guy and Cleveland Brown of all Cleveland Browns, Jim Brown said: “A liberal is arrogant enough to think he can do you a half-***ed favor. He is superior enough to think he can give you something that you don’t deserve. A liberal will cut off your leg so he can hand you a crutch.”

Econ 101: The Financial Crisis and Danger of Government Intervention

admin — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:12:04 +0000

Gary Wolfram, Ph.D.

Ludwig von Mises in a classic 1927 book, Liberalism, wrote that government intervention in markets would lead inevitably to unintended consequences that resulted in further government intervention.

The current financial difficulties are the result of a series of government actions that has culminated in vastly expanded government intervention in the credit markets, which may provide short-term relief but is dangerous in the long run.

In Memoriam: Paul Newman's Philanthropic Legacy

admin — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0000

Kristen Fyfe

Hollywood's star power dimmed significantly last Friday when Paul Newman died from cancer. Newman was no conservative, in fact he was active for many liberal causes. But Newman was not your typical Hollywood liberal and his real legacy doesn't lie in celluloid images or political causes, it is found in the millions of lives he touched through his charitable work.

Bob Herbert Unleashed: "Arch-Conservative" Clarence Thomas's "Self-Hatred"

admin — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:40:00 +0000

Mild-mannered columnist Bob Herbert lets the mask slip: "Self-hatred is a terrible thing. Just ask that arch-conservative Clarence Thomas."

Clay Waters

What's gotten into the Times' normally mild-mannered, paleo-liberal columnist Bob Herbert? The former NBC News reporter doesn't usually get too hyperbolic in his twice-weekly columns, which is why Times Watch moreoftencites the spikier leftist columnists like Paul Krugman and Frank Rich - plusHerbert's soporofic style makes one reluctant to read on.

Linda Greenhouse Leaves the New York Times, Liberalism Intact

admin — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:34:00 +0000

Greenhouse, a Times reporter who marched for abortion rights and told a Harvard audience the Bush administration had undertaken a "hijacking of public policy by religious fundamentalism," has retired after covering the Supreme Court almost 30 years.

Clay Waters

Linda Greenhouse, a Times reporter who has marched for abortion rights and told a Harvard audience that the Bush administration had undertaken a "hijacking of public policy by religious fundamentalism," has retired after covering the Supreme Court for the paper for almost 30 years. The paper sent her off in grand style, handing her the entire front page of the July 13 Week in Review section. She also took reader questions at nytimes.com, and her answers confirmed what media watchers already knew about her liberal slant.

Wal-Mart Pleases Business Reporter by Tacking Left

admin — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:08:00 +0000

"In Wal-Mart we trust? After years of criticism that it was a poor corporate citizen and miserly employer, maybe."

Clay Waters

"Wal-Mart: The New Washington" in the Sunday Week in Review is another ironic celebration by business reporter Michael Barbaro of the "retailing behemoth" (his read more