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Augusta National

• April 6 -- Back to Golf at Augusta, at Last?
Clifton Brown admits: "The focus at Augusta has returned to what happens between the ropes, and the players didn't mind at all."

• April 6 -- Burk Ignored, NYT Scored by CBS's Golf Announcer
What a difference a year makes. Last year, Richard Sandomir was giving CBS helpful tips on how to cover the Augusta National protest. Today Sandomir admits: "…no one is discussing Martha Burk or sex discrimination at Augusta National Golf Club."

• April 6 -- The Times, Martha Burk, and the 2003 Masters
"The Battle for Augusta National," a new book by Sports Illustrated writer Alan Shipnuck, features comments by Times Watch director Clay Waters on Howell Raines and the Times. Waters' comments also appear in the online edition of SI.

• December 8 -- Oh, Mr. Okrent?
Times Watch extends a genuine (if slightly guarded) welcome to the Times new public editor, Daniel Okrent, who calls himself "a registered Democrat, but notably to the right of my fellow Democrats on Manhattan's Upper West Side." But is a twice-a-month column sufficient to cover reader-related concerns?

• November 7 -- 2003: CBS Wrong to Cave Into Conservative Pressure; 2002: CBS Wrong NOT to Cave Into Liberal Pressure
A Times editorial accuses conservative groups of creating a "Soviet-style chill" by pressing CBS on "The Reagans." But when a feminist group pressured CBS on the Masters, the Times trumpeted the "pull the plug" cause.

• April 16 -- Augusta’s Last Stand?
The battle of Augusta National isn’t over at the Times. Although her protest was a flop, the Times most respected sports columnist comes close to making a civil rights martyr out of Martha Burk.

• April 14 -- Times Golf Headline: A Good Lie For Martha Burk?
The Times Bill Pennington finds “about 40 supporters” for Martha Burk’s much-hyped Augusta National protest. But the paper tries to give Burk a lift with a grossly misleading headline: “She Did Not Prevail This Year, but Burk Has Time on Her Side.”

• April 11 -- The Times Gets A Mulligan for Martha
Yesterday’s Masters rain-out gave Howell Raines’ Times a clear fairway to promote Martha Burk’s protest of Augusta National.

• April 10 -- Iraq and Augusta: The Times Two-Front War
Criticism of a “man called Hootie”…from a paper published by a man called Pinch.

• April 9 -- Fore! The Timeswatch “Masters Golf Tournament” Edition
• Hootie and the Blowhards: The Times Assault on the Masters Continues
• Turning to the sports page…
• No Spike For Columnist Selena Roberts
• The Times Bogeys The Pulitzer Prize
• A Times Watch Editorial Exclusive:
AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF CLUB REP ACCUSES NEW YORK TIMES OF ABSURD DOUBLE-STANDARD See Op-Ed | See Press Release

• March 19 -- The Times’ Pro-War Stance…On Augusta National
As the country prepares for war, the Times found room for its own vital agenda: Getting women into Augusta National Golf Club. An article on Tiger Woods and the Masters “controversy” opened: “Like many people, Tiger Woods wonders how much attention will be focused on golf at the Masters this year, and how much attention will be focused on protests against Augusta National Golf Club’s men-only membership.” But when the Times says “many people,” it’s safe to substitute “Executive Editor Howell Raines.”

• February 13 -- Dennis Miller Takes on a Whining Phil Donahue
On MSNBC Wednesday night Dennis Miller so flustered Phil Donahue that he went on a rant about how people like Miller are trying to “marginalize” liberals. Donahue also claimed to be a “conservative” and insisted: “I would make a good Republican.” When Donahue charged that dropping bombs which kill old people and children will give “Osama a poster for recruiting more angry young Islamic militants,” an incredulous Miller fired back: “Oh, you believe he needs that, Phil? Do you really believe that he needs that?” Plus, catch Miller's quips about the New York Times, the French and Bill Clinton.

• Commentary: Times’ spiking of sports columns indicated that little dissent is tolerated under Executive Editor Howell Raines. (12-09-02)

• Times ran spiked columns after insisting that the criticism of the paper’s editorial position be removed. (12-09-02)

• National uproar followed Times’ spiking of sports columns. (12-05-02)

• A Newsweek article noted the crusading style of the Times and its Executive Editor Howell Raines. (12-03-02)