Times Watch for January 8 2009

Times Watch for January 8 2009

A Tale of Two Medicare Reforms: Obama's Benign "Overhaul" vs. GOP's Scary "Big Cuts" Posted By: Clay Waters 1/8/2009 7:56:04 PM A lead story by Jeff Zeleny and John Harwood shows that the Times has lost its false fear of "big cuts" in Medicare when they're proposed by Barack Obama.


Dick Cheney's "Reign of Terror" Posted By: Clay Waters 1/8/2009 7:54:14 PM From Maureen Dowd, in the midst of defending Caroline Kennedy's quest for a Senate appointment: "Hillary Clinton is a great talker, but she never stood up in the Senate to lead a crusade against any Republican horror show, from Terri Schiavo to the Bush administration's dishonest push to war."


Leaving Out Israel's Side of the Story Posted By: Clay Waters 1/7/2009 2:08:26 PM As Israel's incursion into Gaza continued, a headline in Wednesday's print edition left no room for doubt who was to blame for a tragic loss of civilian life.


Rahm Emanuel's No Centrist Posted By: Clay Waters 1/7/2009 1:30:28 PMAnd is Barack Obama really "right-leaning" in comparison to anyone?


Columnist Randy Cohen on a "Nutty" Pro-Life Teacher Posted By: Clay Waters 1/6/2009 2:12:36 PM The Times' ethics columnist … finds the following sentiment extremely strange: "They will be standing on behalf of the one-third of their generation that have been innocent victims of abortion."


Robert Pear Revs Up the Wayback Machine Posted By: Clay Waters 1/6/2009 11:25:55 AM Pear calls Lilly Ledbetter the Democratic "answer" to Joe the Plumber -- but she preceded him in the campaign spotlight by several months.


It's Funny Because It's True Posted By: Clay Waters 1/5/2009 2:50:01 PM Dave Barry finds the leaders of Obama's fan club.


More One-Sided Reporting on the Gaza "Assault" Posted By: Clay Waters 1/5/2009 5:54:23 PM Ethan Bronner: "Yet in its campaign so far, which has killed scores of children and other bystanders, Israel has not spared the trappings of Hamas sovereignty or limited itself to military targets."


Is the Times Losing Its Balance in Israel-Hamas Coverage? Posted By: Clay Waters 1/2/2009 11:17:52 AM Does a front-page story, "In Dense Gaza, Civilians Suffer," signal the Times will once again start criticizing Israel for going too far?


More NYT Gullibility on Cuba's "Advances in Education and Health Care" Posted By: Clay Waters 1/2/2009 10:51:40 AM Simon Romero falls for the old liberal line on Cuba's "enduring revolution."


Vicki Iseman Sues Times for $27 Million for Defamation Posted By: Clay Waters 12/31/2008 12:30:25 PM The telecom lobbyist is charging that a February front-page story paper "falsely communicated" that she had a romantic relationship with Sen. John McCain.

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