Obama Beats Romney in New York Times Online Headline Battle 9-0

clay.waters — Fri, 25 May 2012 16:37:09 +0000

Clay Waters

The usual pro-Obama tilt in postings to the New York Times' political blog "The Caucus" was even more pronounced this week. Times Watch evaluated all the headlines to presidential-election related Caucus posts for the week of May 21-25, excluding summaries composed solely of links to Times stories, and stories related to Congress alone.

Dowd Whines on 'Women's Lower Caste' in the Catholic Church, 'Chastity Belts'

clay.waters — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:02:56 +0000

Clay Waters

Maureen Dowd has devoted her last two Times columns to her problems with the male hierarchy of the Catholic Church.

'Indelible Image' of Boy Patting Obama's Hair Boosts President With Blacks, Gushes Times' Jackie Calmes

clay.waters — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:15:29 +0000

Clay Waters

White House reporter Jackie Calmes gushed over Obama's hair as a symbol of hope for blacks in Thursday's "When a Boy Found a Familiar Feel in a Pat of the Head of State," which made the front page of the paper's National section and is the most emailed Times story as of Thursday morning.

NYT Claims 'An Uneventful Weekend' in Chicago...Except for the Mass Arrests and Terror Plots

clay.waters — Wed, 23 May 2012 18:29:02 +0000

Clay Waters

Monica Davey and Steven Yaccino reported for Tuesday's New York Times from Chicago, the site of the NATO summit and left-wing protests and put the best spin on the violent clashes that led to 90 arrests over the course of a week: "Day of Subdued Protests Follows Night of Clashes in Chicago." The text box: "The prospect of widespread chaos does not materialize."

'No Option but to Raise Taxes,' Say All the 'Budget Veterans' Selected by NYT's Jackie Calmes

clay.waters — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:42:34 +0000

Clay Waters

New York Times White House reporter Jackie Calmes on Saturday once again nodded along to the wisdom of the liberal priorities of the Obama administration and its supporters, this time as they're pushing the necessity of raising taxes: "As a Debt Battle Looms, Budget Veterans See No Option but to Raise Taxes." It depends on which "budget veterans" you talk to, of course,

Smugfest: NYT Editor Tanenhaus, Joe Klein Tag-Team to Condescendingly Rip Jonah Goldberg's Book

clay.waters — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:26:25 +0000

Clay Waters

Not content with letting partisan liberal journalist Joe Klein review "radical Republican" Jonah Goldberg's new book The Tyranny of Clichés, the May 18 edition of the paper's Book Review podcast opened with book editor Sam Tanenahus talking with Klein about his hostile review. Tanenhaus (p

New York Times Assigns Condescending Hit Piece on Jonah Goldberg's 'Infantile' Book to Liberal Journo Joe Klein

clay.waters — Tue, 22 May 2012 16:03:36 +0000

Clay Waters

Surprising no one, the New York Times handed its review of Jonah Goldberg's new book The Tyranny of Clichés, to a political enemy, Time Magazine political columnist Joe Klein (pictured), which he did under the loaded headline "Hating Liberals." The paper similarly handed its review of Goldberg's previous book, 2007's Liberal Fascism, to unsympathetic history professor David Osh

NYT's Shear Rips Drudge, Breitbart, Accuses GOP of Racial Attacks on Rev. Wright

clay.waters — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:32:44 +0000

Clay Waters

Political reporter Michael Shear uses a half-baked Times "expose" to accuse the GOP of using racial attacks by bringing up the legitimate issue of the anti-white, anti-American, paranoid ravings of Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Obama's pastor for decades in Chicago, in Saturday's "Race and Religion Rear Their Heads."

NATO Protests Were Sign of Potential Occupy Strength for NYTimes...Until Terror Plots and Arrests

clay.waters — Mon, 21 May 2012 18:40:31 +0000

Clay Waters

The NATO summit meeting in Chicago this weekend was the target of a diverse collage of left-wing groups as people with the Occupy movement streamed into Chicago for protests that culminated in violent clashes with cops and 45 arrests on Sunday. Before the summit the Times reported the protest would be a sign of how strong Occupy remained.

NYT's Campbell Robertson Takes Another Crack at Alabama Crackdown on Illegals

clay.waters — Fri, 18 May 2012 18:58:16 +0000

Clay Waters

New Orleans-based New York Times reporter Campbell Robertson did his best to portray Alabama's popular crackdown on illegal immigrants as under threat, and displayed some labeling disparity in Friday's "Alabama Governor Urges Changes to Latest Immigration Law."