Plus Sheryl Gay Stolberg explains the Ground Zero mosque to the rubes outside Manhattan, and Matt Bai questions the "nativist impulse" behind the mosque's opponents.  Full Story..

Times video game reviewer Seth Schiesel claimed criticism of a game enabling one to play a Talbian fighter against U.S. troops was “based on a misunderstanding of what video games are.” But how did the Times feel about a game where you could play as the Nazis or a regular German soldier during World War II?  Full Story..

The Times downplays Obama's opposition to the successful troop surge in Iraq, and repeats the old smear that Bush "refused to attend soldiers' funerals." Yet the Times no longer brings up the issue, even as the pace of soldiers fatalities escalates in Afghanistan under Obama.  Full Story..

Natalie Angier takes on the insulting honorific, then insults men: "Behind the link between 'ma'am' and 'old' is the familiar feminist observation that, whereas a man remains 'mister' and 'sir' from nursery to nursing home, a woman's honorifics change depending on her marital status and, barring that, her age....For many women, then, the insertion of the word 'ma'am' into an otherwise pleasant social exchange can feel like a tiny jab, an unnecessary station-break to comment on one's appearance: Hello, middle-aged- to elderly-looking woman, how may I help you this evening? Thanks, prematurely balding man with the weak chin, I'll take that table over there, in the corner."  Full Story..

Times Watch is just one of several e-mail newsletters produced by the Media Research Center and I'd like to introduce you to a daily one, “E-Brief,” from the MRC's CNSNews.com news site - where you'll get the important news you might be missing.  Full Story..

The Times labeling philosophy is out of whack, as far-left group working on behalf of Yemeni terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki is called a "human rights group."  Full Story..

A Muslim cab driver is stabbed by a volunteer for a pro-mosque interfaith group, so the Times editorial page naturally blames the anti-mosque mob: "Already New Yorkers have seen a troubled young man slash a Muslim taxi driver with a knife. A zealot in Florida is threatening to burn a stack of Korans on the anniversary of Sept. 11. Where does this end?"  Full Story..

Congressional reporter Carl Hulse puts his thumb on the partisan seesaw: He sees the possibility of "a cadre of fire-breathing conservatives" coming to power in the Senate in November, much like the conservative "accidental senators" of 1980 that replaced Democratic "notable lawmakers."  Full Story..

Reporter Kate Zernike can't quit her obsession over the race (and racism) of the Tea Party, as shown by her descritption of Beck rally attendees: "The overwhelmingly white and largely middle-aged crowd Saturday was a mix of groups that have come together under the Tea Party umbrella."  Full Story..

In Kate Zernike's world you might be a racist if...you oppose minimum wage laws and other "safety net" programs. "Even if Tea Party members are right that any racist signs are those of mischief-makers, even if Glenn Beck had chosen any other Saturday to hold his rally, it would be hard to quiet the argument about the Tea Party and race." Certainly not if reporters like Zernike keep falsely fanning the flames of racism.  Full Story..