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VIDEO: Media Routinely Used 'Conservative' Label on Bush Nominees to Supreme Court; Obama Picks Always 'Centrist'

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:25:00 +0000

Kyle Drennen

When President Bush nominated John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court in 2005, the media did not hesitate to describe both men as "v

Cooper Accuses Justice Alito of 'Breaking With Decorum' at Obama's State of the Union Rant

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:46:00 +0000

According to reporter Helene Cooper, Justice Samuel Alito "escalated" State of the Union confrontation with Obama in January, "breaking with decorum" by shaking his head and mouthing, "No, it's not true." Obama himself was not criticized by Cooper for making the false charge against a Supreme Court ruling in the first place.

Clay Waters

In Helene Cooper's Wednesday morning "Caucus" post at nytimes.com, "White House Spars With the Chief Justice," she accused Supreme Court conservative Justice Samuel Alito of "breaking with decorum" at the State of the Union speech in January, when President Obama criticized a Supreme Court decision on campaign finance in blunt - and false - terms.

Justice Samuel Alito: This Year's Joe 'You Lie' Wilson?

admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:52:00 +0000

Supreme Court reporter Adam Liptak finds both Obama and the Justice Sam Alito guilty of a "breach of decorum," Obama for attacking the Supreme Court's decision in his State of the Union address, Alito for mouthing two words to himself.

Clay Waters

Is mild-mannered Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito this year's version of Rep. Joe "You Lie" Wilson?

In his Friday "Washington Memo," "A Rare Rebuke, In Front of a Nation," Adam Liptak, ,the paper's Supreme Court beat reporter argued the justice committed a "breach of decorum" when he silently mouthed the words "not true" after a rhetorical attack by the president at the State of the Union Address.

Washington Post Displays Labeling Bias Over Recent Supreme Court Picks

Wed, 27 May 2009 22:15:00 +0000

Tim Graham

The Washington Post front page for May 27, 2009 announces the Sonia Sotomayor nomination to the Supreme Court with this large headline: "First Latina Picked for Supreme Court; GOP Faces Delicate Task in Opposition." There's no reference to Sotomayor being a liberal.

Sotomayor Calls Herself Liberal, Even When the Times Won't

admin — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:05:00 +0000

Sheryl Gay Stolberg gushed that Obama Supreme Court nominee Sotomayor "danced a mean salsa" at Princeton, hints she might be some kind of liberal in paragraph 73.

Clay Waters

White House reporter Sheryl Gay Stolbergpenned the personality-driven "Woman in the News" look at Obama's Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, "A Trailblazer And a Dreamer."

NYT Finds Plenty of "Conservatives" in Sotomayor Fight, Never Calls Her Liberal

admin — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:32:00 +0000

As close as reporters Peter Baker and Jeff Zeleny got to admitting the obvious: "If confirmed to succeed Justice David H. Souter, a mainstay of the liberal wing who is retiring, Judge Sotomayor would probably not change the court's broad philosophical balance."

Clay Waters

Wednesday's paper led with Obama's choice of Sonia Sotomayor as his Supreme Court nominee - "Obama Chooses Hispanic Judge for Supreme Court Seat," by Peter Baker and Jeff Zeleny.