NYTimes Inflates Gingrich's Israel Support to 'Damaging,' Distracting

December 13th, 2011 7:52 AM
New York Times reporter Trip Gabriel, covering the Gingrich campaign, inflated conventional pro-Israel, anti-"peace process" opinions delivered by Newt Gingrich into a diplomatic drama about Gingrich scrapping the two-state solution worthy of "damage control," in Saturday’s “Gingrich Suggests a Reversal of Mideast Policy.”

NYTimes Rips Gingrich's 'Doomsday' Nuclear Scenario, But Takes Enviro

December 12th, 2011 3:32 PM
The New York Times devoted a front-page story Monday to casting doubt on a theoretical nuclear threat publicized (among his many, many other ideas) by Newt Gingrich -- what scientists call electromagnetic pulse (EMP), a burst of electromagnetic radiation released by a nuclear explosion that could damage or destroy electrical service. Science reporter William Broad filed “Among Gingrich’s…

WaPo's 'Best of 2011' Book List Loaded with WaPo, NY Times Writers

December 11th, 2011 8:58 AM
The Sunday Washington Post  issued a set of "Best of 2011" lists, and in the Arts section listing of the 100 most notable books (50 in fiction, 50 in nonfiction), the Post fulfilled its annual tradition of promoting its own staffers. In the fiction category was Bloodmoney by Post columnist David Ignatius. On the nonfiction list were Playing With Fire by Pamela Constable, The Triple Agent by…

Ynet News: Hamas Joined Brotherhood 'As Early As Two Months Ago'; NYT

December 11th, 2011 8:43 AM
A pathetic, obsequious act  on the part of an establishment press member was exposed as utterly foolish mere days after its appearance. On Wednesday (for Thursday's print edition), New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof wrote glowingly of "Joining a Dinner in a Muslim Brotherhood Home." He swallowed a lot more than food while he was there, as the following excerpts indicate (bolds are mine…

Not the Catholic Church? NYT Ignores Shocking Hollywood Pedophilia Cha

December 11th, 2011 12:02 AM
Recent reports suggest that the Hollywood community has a monstrous child abuse problem on its hands, and the New York Times is remaining silent. Yet when it comes to decades-old allegations against long-deceased Catholic clerics overseas, the paper is all over it.

Press Virtually Ignores Upheld Holy Land Foundation/Hamas Funding Verd

December 9th, 2011 10:28 PM
On Wednesday, as Terry Baynes at Reuters reported, "A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld the convictions of five leaders of an Islamic charity on charges of funneling money and supplies to Hamas, designated a "terrorist" group following a 1995 executive order by President Bill Clinton. ..." The organization involved was the Holy Land Foundation based in Texas. The five involved received…

New York Times Watch Quotes of Note - Surging GOPers 'Are to Varying D

December 9th, 2011 7:34 PM
Some of the worst bias from the New York Times over the past month: Surging GOPers “Are to Varying Degrees Yahoos” “The candidates who surged before [Gingrich] are to varying degrees yahoos. They proved it anew last week. Michele Bachmann seemed to be under the impression that we had an embassy in Iran, and Rick Perry was definitely under the delusion that the voting age in this country is…

NYT Pits 'Conservatives' vs. 'Women's Rights Communities' on the Morni

December 9th, 2011 1:29 PM
The Obama administration blocked over-the-counter sales of Plan B One-Step, the “morning-after” pill, to girls under 17, and New York Times reporters Jackie Calmes (pictured) and Gardiner Harris sniffed out a political move to assuage “conservatives" in Friday’s “Obama Backs Aide’s Stance on Morning-After Pill.” While the Times mentioned “conservatives” four times in discussing the surprise…

NYT Treats 'Trickle-Down Economics' As Factual Term, But 'Death Tax' J

December 9th, 2011 9:29 AM
New York Times reporter Richard Oppel Jr. twice used the term “trickle-down economics” (without the quote marks) in Thursday’s dispatch from the Republican Jewish Coalition Forum in D.C., where several Republican candidates made speeches: “G.O.P. Candidates, at Jewish Coalition, Pledge to Be Israel’s Best Friends.” “Trickle-down economics” is a derogatory term for the Reaganesque idea that…

NYT Cheers Obama Attacks on GOP Hopefuls, Was Angered by Bush's in

December 8th, 2011 3:49 PM
Thursday’s New York Times front-page campaign story by Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg prominently featured Obama campaign advisor David Axelrod frankly discussing how the party plans to influence the GOP primary by pitting Newt Gingrich (himself a "juicy target") against Mitt Romney: “Democrats See 2-Horse Race, Adding Whip.” It’s the kind of early White House attacks the Times once disapproved…

NYT: Still No Leftist Labels for George Soros in Gushing Piece on His

December 8th, 2011 9:06 AM
New York Times reporter Stephanie Strom, who tracks foundation and charitable giving for the Times, gushed over George Soros in a story Wednesday on the new leader of “his unconventional philanthropic empire”: “Criminal Justice Expert Expected to Lead Soros Foundations.” Through his Open Society Institute, Soros has invested heavily in left-wing groups Moveon.org and the Center for American…

First '99%', Now the 'Robin Hood Tax': NYTimes Reporters Celebrate Ano

December 7th, 2011 2:06 PM
First it was the “99 percent” slogan that captured the imagination of liberals, including New York Times journalists. Now it’s the “Robin Hood tax, which is “beginning to capture the public’s imagination.” The liberal public, at least. Times reporters Steven Greenhouse and Graham Bowley promoted “The Robin Hood Tax -- Support Grows for a Levy on Stock Trades to Help the World’s Poor” on the…

NY Times Profiles New NPR CEO With Only Lefties, Skips Over Soros and

December 7th, 2011 6:39 AM
New York Times media reporter Elizabeth Jensen reported on new NPR CEO Gary Knell on Monday without devoting one word to conservative NPR critics in a piece loaded with public-broadcasting officialdom. The Times is clearly reporting from inside the NPR tank. But Jensen did find time to quote the radical-left Noam Chomsky lovers at Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) from October 7: "The…

Occupy's '99%' Slogan Cropping Up in Large Percentage of Unrelated NYT

December 6th, 2011 3:56 PM
New York Times media reporter Brian Stelter may have let his personal views color his enthusiastic reception of the popularity of Occupy Wall Street’s “99 percent” motif, but he was right that it is cropping up in a lot of places these days, especially among liberal activists. It has certainly sunken into the collective consciousness of New York Times journalists. One prominent example: The…