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Howard Dean
• July 29 -- Republicans
Impugning Kerry's Patriotism?
Todd Purdum lets the Republican "war room" in Boston accuse
Democratic convention speakers of breaking the party's "positive"
pledge, but turns the tables: "Of course, the Republicans have spent months
seeking to impugn Mr. Kerry's character, patriotism and integrity." But
have the Republicans actually done that?
• March 11 -- Cutting
Kerry Slack On His Bush Attack
John Kerry attacked George Bush, saying: "These guys are the most crooked,
you know, lying group that I've ever seen." But the Times front-page
story on the Kerry campaign chooses to emphasize the positive--from the Kerry
point of view, anyway.
• February 4 -- Centering
Sen. Kerry
David Halbfinger suggests Sen. John Kerry doesn't have to move to the center for
the general election--he's already there.
• January 27 -- Dean:
Still No Liberal
Katharine Seelye seems surprised anyone would call Dean a liberal:
"Despite these conservative credentials, Dr. Dean has been cast by some
pundits in the presidential campaign as an extreme liberal…"
• January 20 -- Howard
Dean Morphs Into Howard Beale
Deaniacs, start your emails…
• January 19 -- Stop the Presses:
Times NOT Too Tough on Dean
Responding to email from angry Deaniacs, Public Editor Daniel Okrent concludes the Times has not been too tough on Dean. Is he taking non-liberal complaints into account as well?
• January 7 -- Jesus
Christ, Big-Government Liberal
Nicholas Kristof takes Cheney, Dean and Bush to task for abuse and ignorance
of religion--then cites Jesus to argue against Bush's tax cuts.
• January 2 -- Krugman
Warns Dems: Don't Be Mean to Dean
Columnist Krugman's pro-Dean "advice" to Democrats has the clammy feel
of an indoctrination session: "First, while it's O.K. for a candidate to
say he's more electable than his rival, someone who really cares about ousting
Mr. Bush shouldn't pre-emptively surrender the cause by claiming that his rival
has no chance….More important, a Democrat shouldn't say anything that could be
construed as a statement that Mr. Bush is preferable to his rival." Krugman
doesn't bring up actions by Dean himself that strike some Democrats as disloyal.
• December 29 -- Shut
Up, Krugman Explained
In the spirit of holiday generosity, columnist Paul
Krugman deigns to give reporters something he clearly places premium value
on--his opinion: "President Bush has turned this country sharply to the
right, and this election will determine whether the right's takeover is
complete. But will the coverage of the election reflect its seriousness? Toward
that end, I hereby propose some rules for 2004 political reporting."
• December 29 -- Mainstreaming
Howard Dean
Rick Lyman thinks Howard Dean's Vermont record makes
him a "fiscal conservative" and that calling him a liberal is
simplistic: "The truth is more complicated."
• November 7 -- Ignorant
Mississippians for Bush
Paul Krugman accuses Republicans of racial tactics:
"White Mississippi voters, unlike their counterparts up north, are still
responding to Republican flag-waving--and it's not just the American flag that's
being waved."
• July 30 -- Howard Dean,
Lean-Government Machine?
Jodi Wilgoren and David Rosenbaum’s front-page story on Howard Dean is solid and
balanced, citing Dean’s record as Vermont governor as well as the left-wing tilt
of his supporters. But is he really “a fiscal conservative?”
E-mail TimesWatch Director, Clay Waters, with TimesWatch feedback at cwaters@mediaresearch.org