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Janet Elder

• September 20 -- Softening the Poll Blow for Kerry
The latest Times poll shows Bush with a nine-point lead among likely voters, but the paper's headline softens the blow. Also: Is the Times stamping out "unsubstantiated" descriptions of the Swift Boat Vets?

• June 29 -- Burying the Bush Rebound
Adam Nagourney and Janet Elder’s front-page story reads as if a new NYT/CBS poll finds nothing but bad news for Bush. But the Times buries the lead: Bush has gained seven points since a CBS poll last month.

• April 29 -- Manipulating the “Sharp” Decline
The Times led the paper Thursday with bad news for President Bush: “Support for War Down Sharply,” from 63 percent saying the war was the “right thing” in December to 58 percent in March to 47 percent in April. But they downplayed that December’s poll numbers were instantly taken after the capture of Saddam Hussein, so the numbers might logically fall “sharply” from that summit.

• March 17 -- Burying Pro-Bush Poll Results?
Did the Times bury the real news in its story on a CBS/NYT presidential poll--the part showing a pro-Bush uptick?

• December 17 -- Bush's Poll Numbers: Nice, But What About Those Funerals?
The Times front page gives Bush his due regarding his rising approval ratings--but a couple of the paper's poll questions suspiciously conform to its crusade on Bush's non-attendance at soldiers' funerals: "There was also clear public disapproval about some ways that Mr. Bush has responded to the war at home."