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Times Whitewashes Sen. Whitehouse's Despicable Comments, But Goes After Conservative Sen. Coburn

admin — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:30:00 +0000

Covering Sunday's Senate floor debate on Obama-care, the Times quotes Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse blasting Republicans for filibusters, but not his comparison of the GOP to Nazis and Jim Crow-era racists. Yet a misrepresented Sen. Tom Coburn comment was fair game.

Clay Waters

In a story posted on nytimes.com Sunday night, reporters Carl Hulse and David Herszenhorn found that the "Senate Debate on Health Care Exacerbates Partisanship." As usual, the Times only finds partisanship taking place on behalf of the Republican Party. Most incredibly, the two reporters either missed or ignored the most inflammatory comments issued on the Senate floor on Sunday, when Democratic Sen.

Frank Rich Unleashes His Inner Ashcroft

admin — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:58:00 +0000

In the era of Barack Obama, dramatic liberal columnist Frank Rich is suddenly gung-ho about fighting terror.

Clay Waters

Barack Obama's election certainly did mark the beginning of a new era: Frank Rich, the Times' overdramatic liberal columnist, is now attacking Republican Sen. Tom Coburn for...being too soft on terrorism and questioning the federal government.That's thesubject of Rich's latestbloatedSunday column, "The Guns of August."

"Archconservative" Sen. Tom Coburn Is the NYT's New "Dr. No"

admin — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:48:00 +0000

One of reporter Carl Hulse's descriptions of Sen. Tom Coburn may have been even too liberally slanted for the Times. Meanwhile, Ted Kennedy is again simply a "Democrat of Massachusetts."

Clay Waters

A Monday front-page story by congressional reporter Carl Hulse focused on Democratic leader Henry Reid's battle against Republican Sen. Tom Coburn, who is blocking $10 billion of popular-sounding spending measures with procedural objections, demanding closer scrutiny of the bills and countervailing spending cuts.