NYT ‘Retro Report’ Sneaks in Lefty Rants, Mocks 'Fundamentalist' NRA

April 30th, 2018 9:57 PM
Clyde Haberman’s “Retro Report” is advertised by the New York Times as a re-examination “of the leading stories of decades past,” but functions more as a way for Haberman to gather up and repurpose old liberal talking points from previous failed bursts of activism. Haberman’s latest, “Battle Was Always Uphill To Get Gun Laws Passed,” tackled the National Rifle Association, the new epitome of…

New York Times Sex Harassment History Hails Anita Hill, But Skips Bill

October 18th, 2017 5:37 PM
“Do We Believe Women? Nation Takes Fresh Look At Sexual Harassment,” was the headline and the question posed by reporter Clyde Haberman in Wednesday’s New York Times . But that promised “look” at harassment in business and politics focused only on one side of the political aisle. The print version included an archive photo of Anita Hill from the 1991 U.S. Senate hearings regarding then-Supreme…

NYT's Haberman Begins & Ends Immigration Rant on ‘Xenophobia' Smear

October 10th, 2017 3:51 PM
New York Times’ Clyde Haberman decided that it was prime time to bash Proposition 187, the 1994 California ballot initiative restricting government aid to illegal immigrants which passed into law, only to be declared unconstitutional, but which nonetheless spawned similar acts nationwide: “Failed Referendum That Propelled Policy on Migrants.” Haberman virtue-signaled this would be no objective…

NYT's Classless Front-Page Insult of Roger Ailes, Fox News Audience

May 20th, 2017 8:51 AM
The front page of Friday’s New York Times featured a graceless goodbye to former Fox News chairman and chief executive Roger Ailes (and an insult to Fox News viewers): “A Fighter Who Turned Rage Into a News Empire” by Clyde Haberman. Even upon his passing, the Times maintained its hostility toward a man who found a wide and instantly receptive audience who latched on to a point of view clearly…

NYT's Haberman Attacks NYC's Free Speech Hypocrisy on Removal of Pro-L

March 1st, 2011 2:24 PM
New York Times columnist Clyde Haberman took on the hypocrisy of New York City’s selective celebration of free speech in his Tuesday “NYC” column, “Where Freedom of Expression Runs Headlong Into the Impulse to Censor.” A Texas group put up a pro-life billboard with a provocative message showing a black girl under the words “The most dangerous place for an African American is in the womb.”…