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Sen. John Kerry

• November 15 -- Zeller Tamps Down Fuzzy Vote-Fraud Allegations
Tom Zeller debunks left-wing Internet-based conspiracies alleging vote fraud.

• November 4 -- Nagourney: Bush to Push "Conservative Agenda"
Adam Nagourney weighs the state of politics after Bush's convincing triumph: "[Bush] positioned himself and his party to push through a conservative agenda in Washington over the next four years."

• November 4 -- No Marines for Bush?
Robert Worth talks with Marines near Falluja: "Some of the marines clearly had strong views about the presidential race and the way it would affect the military, though they have been instructed not to share those with reporters. Others seemed not to care much, saying the election seemed too far from their everyday lives to make much of an impression." Worth doesn't mention polls showing most troops support Bush.

• November 3 -- Kerry Wins! Says Media Types
Frank Bruni blogged the Campaign 2004 coverage and noted some of his media colleagues were predicting a Kerry win early on: "By an extremely significant margin -- OK, five to one -- my news media colleagues, a.k.a. drinking buddies, said their readings of the signs, couple with their instincts, pointed toward a victory for Senator John Kerry."

• November 3 -- Will the Times Take Its Own Advice?
From the Times' post-election, pre-concession lead editorial: "When a victor is finally, officially announced, it is important for the entire country to accept him as the rightful president." But will Bill Keller?

• November 3 -- Who Won The Election, Anyway?
Kerry conceded, but someone reading Adam Nagourney's pre-concession story would think it was Kerry, not Bush, on the verge of victory.

• November 2 -- Emotional Kerry Wowed by Crowds, While Bush Aides Are "On Edge"
An emotive Kerry ("John Kerry was halfway through his stump speech under a driving rain in Milwaukee on Monday when he stopped and surveyed his drenched but dauntless crowd") is pitted against nervous Bushies ("Bush's aides, after asserting for weeks that they were confident and calm, finally admitted in the last marathon stretch that they were on edge").

• November 1 -- Kerry "Galvanizing Supporters"
Deborah Sontag sounds enthralled by Kerry's support: "Mr. Kerry's supporters packed away any concerns they once had about his charisma. They were galvanized, they said, by his ideas. "

• November 1 -- Pushing Bush's Alleged Lack of Legitimacy
The NYT files its final poll, emphasizing doubts about Bush's legitimacy: "The anxiety appears to be a legacy of the disputed election of 2000: half of respondents in this latest poll said they did not think Mr. Bush legitimately won the presidency in 2000, compared with 45 percent who considered the outcome legitimate."

• November 1 -- Bush's "Façade" vs. "Relaxed, Playful" Kerry
The Times on Bush's campaign style: "Any crack in the façade could be fatal at the polls." The Times is more affectionate with Kerry: "Relaxed, playful and workmanlike, and hopelessly superstitious."

• October 29 -- "Louder, Longer" Cheers for Kerry; "Nervousness" from Bush Camp
David Halbfinger and Elisabeth Bumiller show enthusiasm for Kerry's campaign: "With Bruce Springsteen singing Mr. Kerry's praises and his campaign theme song, 'No Surrender,' the Democratic candidate told huge crowds, who may have traveled to see the rocker but cheered longer and louder for the candidate, that he was impatient to relieve Mr. Bush of his 'hard work.'" The article's tone became more negative when turning to Bush: "The assault on Mr. Kerry reflected the nervousness in the Bush campaign five days from what is widely expected to be an exceptionally close election."

• October 28 -- How's Our Anti-Bush Scoop Playing Out?
The lead story from Elisabeth Bumiller and Jodi Wilgoren on the Al Qaqaa controversy skips fact-finding in favor of a meta-analysis over how the Times' suspiciously timed story is playing between the two campaigns.

• October 27 -- Kerry's Not That Liberal, Part II
Todd Purdum makes the same "Kerry's-not-that-liberal" argument he made for the Times' biased voter guide: "[Kerry's] record is more eclectic and less predictable than that rating would imply."

• October 27 -- Blowback from the Times' "Explosives" Scoop
David Halbfinger enlists Tom Brokaw in a defense of the Times' deflating "Ammo-Gate" scoop, and the paper pats itself on the back for roiling the Bush camp.

• October 26 -- Ralph Nader, "Dangerous Buttinsky"?
The Times again spreads insults about former media hero Ralph Nader, the longtime left-wing "consumer advocate" who threatens to take votes away from John Kerry: "To his critics, he is an anachronistic, dangerous buttinsky, motivated more by ego than civic good."

• October 26 -- Complex Kerry, Striving Edwards
John Kerry : "Time and again, he has proved himself most focused in the crunch." John Edwards: "The odds are against him? The son of a mill worker likes those odds."

• October 25 -- Bush Out to Break with The Great Society
David Rosenbaum and Robin Toner insist Bush is out to break with the Great Society: "Mr. Bush would, in important ways, break with the underpinnings of the New Deal and the Great Society that have directed the government's domestic policies for generations."

• October 25 -- "Hard-Line," "Strident" Bishops for Bush
Ian Fisher employs some loaded labels to describe the reaction of some Catholic bishops to Kerry's pro-abortion stance.

• October 25 -- Bush, the One-Syllable Man
Roger Cohen on Bush's stump speech: "It was a typical line from a president who likes words of one syllable."

• October 22 -- Over 300 Electoral Votes for Kerry, Says Krugman
Kerry's on track for a convincing Electoral College victory, says Paul Krugman.

• October 21 -- "Soldiers…Show Quiet Support for Kerry, Too."
Very quiet support, judging by the surveys.

• October 21 -- Stanley Gives "Stolen Honor" a Hearing
TV critic Alessandra Stanley has never been friendly to conservative causes, so it's a bit of a surprise that her review of "Stolen Honor" isn't completely negative.

• October 20 -- Anti-Kerry Film Accusations "Far Beyond Reality"
After much press hyperventilation, someone finally looks at "Stolen Honor," the anti-Kerry documentary that Sinclair Broadcast Group is to air Friday night: "The film is rife with out-of-context and incomplete quotations from Mr. Kerry and other antiwar veterans. Several historians said many accusations in it were not provable or stretched far beyond reality."

• October 19 -- Down the Stretch With Bush and Kerry
Adam Nagourney and Janet Elder summarize the paper's poll showing Bush and Kerry basically tied.

• October 19 -- Pro-Kerry Commentary in the Corrections Box
A Times correction goes beyond fixing the error to include pro-Kerry editorial commentary.

• October 19 -- Rebutting Bush So Kerry Doesn't Have To
David Sanger and Jodi Wilgoren accuse Bush of "a far more incendiary characterization" of Kerry and helpfully disputes Bush's characterizations of Kerry's positions.

• October 19 -- The Times Nails Kerry's Anti-Bush Exaggerations
The Times fact-checks Kerry.

• October 18 -- Optimism for Kerry, Part II
Adam Nagourney spreads pro-Kerry optimism from Iowa.

• October 18 -- The Suspense Is Over: NYT Endorses Kerry
Surprise!

• October 15 -- The Times Lashes Out at Sinclair Broadcasting
In an editorial on the controversy over the Sinclair Broadcasting Group airing the anti-Kerry documentary "Stolen Honor: Wounds that Never Heal," the Times repeats the unsubstantiated claim that Bush accuses war opponents of lacking patriotism and indulges in some hyperbolic hand-wringing: "Sinclair is in dangerous territory." But how big is the Sinclair "threat"?

• October 15 -- The Pro-Kerry Truth Squad Rides Again
The Times again defends Kerry from a Bush criticism. After Bush accused Kerry of having a "global test he would administer before acting to defend America," Elisabeth Bumiller and David Halbfinger riposte: "Mr. Kerry's actual words in the debate in Tempe were these…."

• October 15 -- No Sympathy For the Cheneys
A story on John Kerry's unprompted debate mention of Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter comes off as unsympathetic to the Cheneys, and tries hard to make gay marriage a conflict between Cheney and Bush.

• October 14 -- Taking Time to Defend Kerry
Adam Nagourney and Robin Toner's post-debate rush job makes one attempt to weigh the competing claims in the debate -- in Kerry's defense.

• October 14 -- More Misleading on Bush's Tax Cuts
David Rosenbaum uses two pro-Democratic groups to allege Bush misled on taxes during the final presidential debate.

• October 14 -- Times Leads With Kerry's Loaded Lesbian Comment
Surprisingly, the Times' front-page debate coverage includes undecided Iowa voters reacting with disapproval to Kerry's invoking of Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter.

• October 14 -- Debates Were "Rough Passage" for Bush -- Kerry a "Plausible Alternative"
Todd Purdum on the debates: "They were a rough passage for Mr. Bush, who saw his September lead over Mr. Kerry slip away as the Democratic nominee established himself as a plausible presidential alternative." He again sees Bush as defensive.

• October 11 -- More Fact-Checking of Bush on the Trail
Elisabeth Bumiller helps Kerry out by fact-checking Bush on the stump: "In truth, Mr. Kerry essentially voted for one large tax increase, the Clinton tax bill of 1993, which mostly imposed additional income taxes on the wealthy but did include an increase in taxes on Social Security benefits for middle-income retirees. Mr. Kerry also supports middle-class tax breaks, but voted against them in 2001 as part of an overall tax bill that he opposed."

• October 11 -- "Confident" Kerry, "Defensive" Bush
In Todd Purdum's debate analysis, it was confident Kerry vs. an often-strident Bush.

• October 5 -- "Standing Ovations" for Kerry on Stem Cells
The Times hypes stem-cell research: "Scientists say that embryonic stem cells hold great hope for medical treatments. But many conservatives and opponents of abortion criticize such research because it involves the destruction of human embryos….Polls show that strong majorities of the public favor an expansion of stem-cell research, and Mr. Kerry is routinely asked about it -- and wins standing ovations for his answers."

• October 4 -- A Faulty Diagnosis of Swift Boat Charges
Reporter-physician Lawrence Altman discusses Kerry's recently released health records -- but experts on the Swift Boat saga question Altman's diagnosis.

• October 4 -- Reporters Cackled Over Bush's Debate Performance
Jim Rutenberg's front-page story on the post-debate spin game peeks into the mindset of the reporters watching: "The loudest cackles among the reporters covering the first presidential debate broke out at about 9:55 on Thursday night in a vast, mirrored filing center at the University of Miami, where important impressions of the candidates' performance were just beginning to gel. And President Bush was on the receiving end."

• October 4 -- Swing Voters "Liking What They See" In Kerry
The Times stresses optimism in the Kerry camp and worries among Bush partisans: "If Ms. Curtis and a few other previously undecided Ohioans who came to Mr. Kerry's town-hall meeting here and some new polls are any indication, swing voters are giving Mr. Kerry a second look after his strong showing in the first presidential debate. And they are liking what they see."

• October 1 -- Swift Boat Vets Anti-Kerry "Calumnies"
A.O. Scott reviews a pro-Kerry biopic and gets in a crack at the Swift Boat Veterans.

• October 1 -- Still Misquoting Cheney
Adam Nagourney sticks mostly to facts in his rundown of the first presidential debate but works in yet another misleading anecdote about Dick Cheney.

• October 1 -- Kerry Defies GOP's "Worst Caricatures"
Todd Purdum argues Kerry "established himself" in the first presidential debate: "He may well have struck undecided voters as not much like the Republicans' worst caricatures. He spoke plainly, politely, but did not shrink from direct and pointed criticism of Mr. Bush's policies."

• September 29 -- Kerry "Holds Back on Purpose"?
Todd Purdum's front-page story could be a morale booster for Kerry supporters: "As Mr. Kerry approaches this campaign's home stretch, with the first debate tomorrow night, there is much in his past to suggest that he believes elections are won in the endgame, that he holds back on purpose and begins concentrating intently on the race only when he believes the voters are, too." Also, debating tips from Al Gore.

• September 22 -- "Compelling" Anti-Bush Charges vs. "Unsubstantiated" Swifties
Nicholas Kristof finds the Bush National Guard accusations compelling, but turns his nose up at the "unsubstantiated" Swift Boat vets.

• September 22 -- No "Surprise" Here: Times Plays Up Bush Guard Story
The Times editorializes: "…it was somewhat surprising that Mr. Bush's National Guard service again became a big topic of debate." Yet the Times put the controversy on its front page twice recently. Plus: The editors finally tackle Memogate.

• September 21 -- Kerry Suffering "For Changing His Mind"
Damien Cave wonders why Kerry is being hurt by such a "ridiculous" term as "flip-flop": "Yet Senator John Kerry seems to be suffering in the polls for changing his mind. Republicans have tagged him a flip-flopper, and the mildly ridiculous term has somehow become a potent weapon."

• September 20 -- "Tendentious" Fact-Checking at the Times
A "Fact Check" feature on the campaign defends (no surprise) John Kerry. And the online version includes an amusing gaffe never meant for publication.

• 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?

• September 13 -- Kerry Vents to Times Reporter
John Kerry calls David Sanger and vents about Bush.

• September 13 -- Poor Old Democrats
John Broder gives credence to an old nostrum consoling to Democrats and the liberal media: Republicans just play rougher.

• September 10 -- Did Bush Get a Bounce? "Yes, but…."
Campaign reporter Adam Nagourney on Friday reluctantly admits the obvious--Bush got a bounce out of his convention.

• September 10 -- "If A Republican Had Said That…."
How would the Times react if Bush told an audience to "beware of false prophets which come to you in sheep's clothing"?

• September 10 -- Bumiller All Wet on "Explosive" Cheney Remark
More misleading by the Times regarding a recent Dick Cheney quote on fighting the terror war--plus, a tale of two hecklers.

• September 8 -- "Unsubstantiated" Watch
The score is 17-0 so far.

• September 8 -- "War Hero" Kerry vs. "Sissy" George Bush
Frank Rich is back from vacation and in full foam: "Only in an election year ruled by fiction could a sissy who used Daddy's connections to escape Vietnam turn an actual war hero into a girlie-man."

• September 8 -- NYT Clips Cheney's War on Terror Quote
A misleading headline tops a misleading front-page story by David Sanger and David Halbfinger on Cheney's recent remarks about the war on terror.

• September 7 -- Democratic Heartburn on the Times' Front Page
There's a heaping helping of Democratic angst on Sunday's front page, painting a picture of a disillusioned Kerry camp.

• September 7 -- Reviving an Anti-Bush Sr. Urban Legend
Kate Zernike revives an anti-Bush Sr. urban legend, the myth that during the 1992 campaign, George H.W. Bush marveled at a grocery-store scanner as if he'd never seen one before.

• September 7 -- "Questioning Kerry's Patriotism," Again
David Halbfinger claims Kerry's patriotism was questioned at the Republican convention: "But he returned to the offensive after his character, voting history and even his patriotism were questioned by Republicans in New York this week, and after Democrats faulted him for a hesitant, halting response last month to televised attacks on his military record." Halbfinger also dashes cold water on polls showing Bush with a substantial lead.

• September 7 -- Polls, Schmolls, Says Nagourney: Part II
Adam Nagourney again plays down the apparent success of the Republican convention: "Yet if history is any guide, the contest is far from settled....Polls taken right after a convention offer an inflated sense of a candidate's standing."

• September 7 -- Polls, Schmolls, Says Nagourney: Part I
Adam Nagourney dismisses the latest polls showing Bush with a lead and notes: "Even some Republicans were conceding that Mr. Bush's convention--described by Republicans and Democrats alike as a success--might not ultimately make that much of a difference."

• September 7 -- "Polls on the Move"? More Like: "Clear Lead for Bush"
Bush and Kerry campaigned in Ohio after the Republican convention, leading David Halbfinger and Richard Stevenson to file "With Polls on the Move, Bush and Kerry Take Their Economic Message to Ohio." More accurate would be: "Polls Show Clear Lead for Bush as Candidates Take Their Economic Message to Ohio."

• September 1 -- Republicans Disrespecting Veterans?
Jim Rutenberg stirs a controversy among Republican delegates: "When speakers at the Republican convention discuss Senator John Kerry's service in Vietnam, they use words like 'respect,' as Rudolph W. Giuliani did on Monday, giving nary a hint of the unsubstantiated charges by a veteran's group that Mr. Kerry lied to get his war medals, which dominated the campaign for two weeks before the convention began."

• September 1 -- Kerry Slow to Respond to "Unsubstantiated" Assaults
David Halbfinger and Jodi Wilgoren hint at changes to come in the suddenly faltering Kerry campaign and again bash charges from the Swifties: "Mr. Kerry was slow to respond to an assault on his Vietnam combat record and character, with largely unsubstantiated accusations, by the group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth."

• September 1 -- Context for Kerry Quotes, but None for Bush's "Gaffe"
Elisabeth Bumiller again plays up a Bush "gaffe" to portray Bush on the defensive: But when Bush attacks Kerry in similar fashion, she allows the Kerry campaign to put the quote in context.

• August 31 -- Apple Takes a Bite Out of the Swift Boat Veterans
Long-time campaign correspondent and former Times Washington bureau chief R.W. Apple interviews his old friend Sen. McCain and discusses the Swifties: "The advertisements questioning Mr. Kerry's war record, the work of a 527 group of Swift boat veterans, were largely financed, at least initially, by rich Texas Republicans, some with past links to Mr. Bush."

• August 30 -- Lost in Cambodia
In his story on Bush and Kerry's Vietnam history, David Halbfinger manages to bring up Cambodia without mentioning Kerry's discredited tales of spending Christmas 1968 there.

• August 30 -- Are Swifties Questioning Kerry's Patriotism?
Todd Purdum rehashes an old chestnut of Republicans questioning Democratic patriotism: "But the old culture wars followed [Kerry] into the 21st century, and he now finds himself bombarded by veterans who question not only his patriotism but his honor."

• August 27 -- Bush Bugs Times By Not Bashing Swift Boat Ads
Bush sits down for an interview with David Sanger and Elisabeth Bumiller and bugs them by refusing to specifically condemn the Swift Boat ads.

• August 27 -- Still Ignoring Kerry's "Christmas In Cambodia"
The Times again couches Swift Boat charges in a dubious light: "The Swift boat veterans, whose most serious charges have been contradicted by official records, some of their own past statements and a number of witnesses, got most of their initial money from Texans supportive of the president." Plus: Kerry in Cambodia, ignored again.

• August 26 -- Wilgoren Pitches in for Balanced Campaign Coverage
Jodi Wilgoren makes up for her previous credulous characterization of a Kerry campaign event by noting Kerry supporters can pitch softballs as well: "….the steady stream of softballs that followed could have come from a pitching machine."

• August 26 -- Swift Vets "Have Reopened Wounds" of Vietnam
Timothy Egan's "Wounds Opened Anew As Vietnam Resurfaces" lays the blame on the Swift Boat Veterans: "But the advertisements by one group of veterans attacking the war record of Mr. Kerry, advertisements that are closely tied to supporters of President Bush, have reopened wounds about class and service and frayed some of the unifying threads."

• August 26 -- More "Unsubstantiated" Swift Boat Accusations
Elisabeth Bumiller's front-page piece on the resignation of a Bush campaign lawyer argues the Swift Boat story could be bad for Bush, and nearly ignores Kerry's "Christmas in Cambodia" falsehood.

• August 25 -- Gunning for the Swift Vets
Jodi Wilgoren follows Kerry to Manhattan and again unleashes loaded terms ("unsubstantiated," "Republican-financed") to characterize the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.

• August 23 -- Objecting to the Bush-McCain Marriage of Convenience
After trying its best to bring Sens. John McCain and John Kerry together, the Times now mocks the pairing of President Bush and McCain.

• August 23 -- "Undermining" Swift Vets, Ruing "False Information" on Blogs, Talk Radio
The Times insists that the "most serious contentions" of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth "have been undermined by official records and conflicting accounts." Co-author Adam Nagourney frets in a related story about "this era when so much unsubstantiated or even false information can reach the public through so many different forums, be it blogs or talk-show radio."

• August 20 -- "Fed Up" Kerry Takes on Swift Boat Vets
The headline to Jodi Wilgoren's piece on Kerry's response to the Swift Boat veterans reads "Fed Up, Kerry Says Bush Lets Group 'Do His Dirty Work,'" which assumes Kerry is justified in his counterattack.

• August 20 -- "The Times Attacks the Swift Vets"
The Times finally devotes a front-page story to the Swift Boat veterans challenging John Kerry's Vietnam war record--but it follows a pattern reminiscent of the Clinton scandal days in focusing on the subjects making the attack instead of the actual anti-Democratic charges raised, an angle clear from the headline, "Friendly Fire: The Birth of an Attack on Kerry."

• August 19 -- The Kerry Campaign, at Home in the Times
Another celebratory look at Kerry's front-porch campaigning, nestled in the cozy confines of the House & Home section: "I'd like to invite Mr. Kerry and Mr. Edwards to my own porch in Spanish Town to discuss my concerns about war, education, the environment and other issues. "

• August 19 -- Excusing Kerry's Unenthusiastic VFW Reception
Jodi Wilgoren notes John Kerry received a less enthusiastic reception that Bush did at the VFW convention, but has an excuse ready: "Even Mr. Kerry's mixed reception as he criticized the Iraq war was notable because the V.F.W. typically tilts Republican and tends to stand behind an incumbent commander in chief."

• August 19 -- How Dare Anyone Cover Charges by Swift Boat Vets
The editorial page goes negative on the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and attacks other media for daring to report the story: "The assault is gaining attention, with Internet and cable television zealots debating combat minutiae and even whether Mr. Kerry enacted wartime events with his political future in mind or held secret meetings with Communists."

• August 18 -- Bush's "Simple Solutions" Made for a Rough Time In Iraq
David Sanger vouches for John Kerry's "nuanced" position.

• August 17 -- Same Campaign Tactic, Two Different Takes
Both Kerry and Bush hold informal campaign "chats" with friendly supporters--but while Bush "fields softballs from the faithful" that sometimes "aren't even questions at all," Kerry supporters merely "raised hands with questions rather than waving signs with slogans." Result: Bush comes off as cynical, Kerry as "homespun."

• August 12 -- "Mocking" Bush Drowns Out Kerry's Foreign Policy "Nuance"
Kerry's admission he would still vote to give Bush war authority invites a David Sanger story with the loaded headline: "For Now, Bush's Mocking Drowns Out Kerry's Nuanced Explanation of His War Vote." Also: Where's the NYT on Kerry and Cambodia?

• August 11 -- Halbfinger Omits the Union Label
Reporting on campaign courting of the elderly, David Halbfinger spreads around more Kerry optimism and leaves out the AFL-CIO origins of a "three-year-old political organization that claims three million members" that's endorsing Kerry.

• August 10 -- The Centering of John Kerry
David Halbfinger positions Kerry's campaign in the political center: "Indeed, while Democrats note that Mr. Bush continues to talk about banning gay marriage and late-term abortions, and to visit bedrock Republican areas of the country like Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Mr. Kerry, the Democrat from Massachusetts, is rolling through the Great Plains and the high plateaus of the Southwest preaching fiscal responsibility, tax cuts, gun owners' rights and national security."

• August 9 -- Kerry's Campaign Trail "Bounce"
Relying on anecdotal evidence, David Halbfinger sees a successful Kerry campaign and a struggling Bush: "The polls may not show much of a post-convention bounce for Mr. Kerry, but his crowds tell a different story."

• August 3 -- One Post-Convention Poll Finding the NYT Likes
"Republicans are fighting back to retain the allegiance of the country's veterans," David Kirkpatrick claims in a story introduced by the loaded subhead "Democratic Push Makes Big Inroads."

• August 3 -- Burying the Kerry "Bounce"
After a Democratic convention that delivered an anemic "bounce" to Kerry, reporter Adam Nagourney accentuates the positive.

• August 2 -- NYT Columnist Finds Huge Bias for Kerry Among Reporters
Columnist John Tierney finds enormous liberal bias among reporters at the Democratic convention: "When asked who would be a better president, the journalists from outside the Beltway picked Mr. Kerry 3 to 1, and the ones from Washington favored him 12 to 1. Those results jibe with previous surveys over the past two decades showing that journalists tend to be Democrats, especially the ones based in Washington."

• July 30 -- Did Kerry "Turn Corner" With Voters Last Night?
Has John Kerry turned a corner? Todd Purdum thinks so: "Kerry may well have turned a corner on the path toward inspiring his party, and inviting swing voters to put him in the White House. He perspired visibly in the overcrowded hall, but his delivery was fluid, relaxed and assured, and he smiled often."

• July 30 -- Kerry's Got a Little of the "Reagan Glow"
TV reporter Alessandra Stanley gives Kerry's acceptance speech a thumbs-up: "Kerry looked happy. Really happy….his somewhat goofy, bridegroom radiance lit up the screen, lending his performance energy and spirit….Kerry had a little of the glow that Ronald Reagan transmitted in almost every television appearance."

• July 30 -- NYT (Finally) Mentions Kerry's Flip-Flop on Use of Vietnam Footage
Jim Rutenberg files "New Skirmish Over Images From Vietnam in a Kerry Video," which includes details of a Kerry flip-flop regarding his personal Vietnam footage first highlighted on Times Watch.

• July 29 -- Democratic "Coherence and Harmony"
Adam Nagourney greets John Kerry: "As the convention moved to its last two days, Democrats, and even a few Republicans, noted its unusual display of coherence and harmony and suggesting--should it last--that that could influence the campaign."

• July 29 -- Kerry Breaks Pledge to NYT's Keller -- Will the Times Take Note?
Jim Rutenberg on the Kerry bio-pic: "As the film details Mr. Kerry's own war service, in Vietnam, it shows the grainy film that Mr. Kerry brought back, mixed with archival footage of the war." But in 2002 Kerry told current Times Executive Editor Bill Keller "I have no intention of using" that footage.

• 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?

• July 28 -- "Feisty" Teresa Heinz Kerry
The Times soft-pedals the controversy over Teresa Heinz Kerry's "feisty comments."

• July 28 -- John Kerry's Photo Flop
The Times has an amusing take on the photograph of John Kerry in blue: "The resulting photo made him look like the sperm played by Woody Allen in 'Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex but Were Afraid to Ask.'"

• July 28 -- Selling John Kerry's Foreign Policy
America's "international standing" "now suffers from the wide perception of American arrogance, dishonesty and ineptitude" because of Iraq, according to reporter Roger Cohen's front-page story.

• July 27 -- "Social Conservatives" vs. "Inclusion"
David Halbfinger knows what went wrong for the Republicans in 1992.

• July 27 -- LBJ-style 'credibility gap' for Bush?
Michael Oreskes sees an LBJ-style "credibility gap" for Bush.

• July 22 -- Still Spinning the Berger Burglary
Eric Lichtblau and David Sanger work some anti-Bush spin into their front-page story on the Sandy Berger investigation: "…the campaign accused the White House of deliberately leaking news of the investigation and said that Vice President Dick Cheney was involved in strategies to divert attention from the Sept. 11 report to be issued Thursday." Since getting into legal hot water, Berger's apparently been demoted by the Times.

• July 21 -- Bush Campaign on Defensive (Just Ignore What I Wrote Yesterday)
Adam Nagourney and Richard Stevenson write on Bush's "hard-edged" campaign, suggesting he's "had to campaign in solidly Republican areas, and to stress conservative issues, to maintain the enthusiasm of his base. In contrast, Mr. Kerry appears so confident of support from his base…" But Nagourney's own reporting suggests differently.

• July 21 -- Bungling The Sandy Berger Burglary
The Times offleads with the wacky Sandy Berger story, but reporter Eric Lichtblau doesn't mention Berger apparently took classified documents on more than one occasion. The Times' earlier coverage also leaves out a lot.

• July 14 -- Nagourney vs. "Fierce" Bush
Adam Nagourney is sensitive to Bush campaign rhetoric: "President Bush swept across three states that he narrowly lost in 2000 on Tuesday with a vigorous defense of his record and a fierce attack on Senator John Kerry….Mr. Bush went to lengths and used often harsh language in trying to discredit Mr. Kerry."

• July 13 -- Times Reporters Endorse Kerry?
It's no secret the Times will endorse John Kerry for president. But in an interview with the Times, Kerry suggests he's been endorsed by a couple of reporters as well.

• July 1 -- Bush Ad "Troubling." Nancy Reagan, "Attack Dog"
Alessandra Stanley uses an online exhibition of presidential campaign ads past and present to hit a Bush ad she finds "troubling." Also: Do only Republicans engage in attacks?

• June 29 -- Hitler Reappears in Bush Ad?
The Kerry campaign complains about a Bush campaign ad, and reporter David Sanger jumps.

• June 25 -- Kerry Centering Himself?
A front page story on John Kerry claims: "Kerry Messages Begins Leaning Toward Center," but doesn't provide any evidence of the shift.

• June 4 -- John Kerry, "Patriot With a Different View"
Robin Toner lets the flag-waving Kerry campaign accuse Republicans (without evidence) of questioning his patriotism.

• May 18 -- "Civil Rights Leader" Jesse Jackson
Adam Nagourney and Richard Stevenson, in Topeka for the 50th anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education, call left-wing activist Jesse Jackson a "civil rights leader."

• May 17 -- Front-Page Cheers for Kerry-McCain
Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Jodi Wilgoren get front-page treatment for the latest exercise in media wishful thinking: A Kerry-McCain ticket.

• May 11 -- The Philanthropic Passions of Teresa Heinz Kerry
The FBI files on John Kerry’s activities with Vietnam Veterans Against the War are released, and naturally, reporter Todd Purdum focused on how the FBI found Kerry was “glib, cool…moderate.”

• May 6 -- Purdum’s Pablum
The FBI files on John Kerry’s activities with Vietnam Veterans Against the War are released, and naturally, reporter Todd Purdum focused on how the FBI found Kerry was “glib, cool…moderate.”

• May 5 -- Page One for Michael Moore, Vets Against Kerry Buried
While Kerry’s Vietnam-heavy ad campaign made Tuesday’s page one, a group of fellow Navy “swift boat” Vietnam veterans assembling in Washington to declare John Kerry unfit for the presidency were assigned to Wednesday’s page 20. The Times saved front-page space for Michael Moore’s new anti-Bush film, but the radical-left director drew no label.

• April 30 -- Team Kerry is Too White?
A liberal newspaper should get this scoop first: black and Hispanic activists say that Team Kerry lacks “diversity” and is failing to appeal directly to minority voters. But how about a “liberal” tag for the “affirmative action” groups?

• 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.

• April 13 -- Louis Uchitelle: "Time For Another New Deal"
Economics reporter/columnist Louis Uchitelle quotes liberally from Rep. Barney Frank and Sen. Ted Kennedy and wonders, "must government play a much greater supporting role in job creation?"

• April 7 -- Kerry-McCain, Media Dream Team
Adam Nagourney reports on Kerry's VP hunt--and it doesn't take long for media hero John McCain to show up.

• March 30 -- John Kerry, Free-Market Devotee?
Louis Uchitelle positions big-government liberal John Kerry as a free marketer: "Fiscal responsibility and deficit reduction, hallmarks of the Clinton years, are bedrock orthodoxy in the Kerry camp, too. So is faith in the private sector's powers to generate prosperity."

• March 23 -- Richard Clarke "Undercuts" Bush: "Basic Credibility in Jeopardy"
Anti-Bush accusations from Richard Clarke make the Times front page, while a "News Analysis" enthusiastically portrays Bush as "on the defensive" with his "basic credibility in jeopardy."

• March 19 -- Praising the “Outdoor John”
Kerry beat reporter David Halbfinger explained the phenomenon of “Outdoor John” Kerry, who “acts boldly” as he snowboards and swigs “from a bottle of vitamin-fortified water.”

• March 17 -- "Greater Scrutiny" of Bush After Madrid, From….?
Nagourney teams up with Richard Stevenson for a lead story placing the Bush campaign on war footing, with a subhed claiming: "President's Foreign Policy Faces Greater Scrutiny After Madrid Attack." Yet the actual article hardly mentions Spain.

• 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?

• March 16 -- No Bursting of Kerry's Bubble
The bubbly, pro-Kerry tone of David Halbfinger's article from inside the campaign reminds Times Watch and Mickey Kaus of the "liberal cocoon."

• March 16 -- Kerry's "Astute" Gaffe
Did Kerry really mean for his attacks on Republicans as "crooked" and "lying" to go public? Kerry aides are pushing the theory, and a Times front-page headline takes the bait: "When Senator John Kerry made offhanded remarks about Republicans this week, some aides say, the comments were not accidental but the move of an astute politician aiming a spotlight on a topic harmful to his opponent."

• 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.

• March 10 -- When Bushies Attack
While Adam Nagourney questions Bush's "fierce campaign of attacks" on Kerry, Jodi Wilgoren uncritically repeats John Kerry's own attacks against Bush.

• March 8 -- Will Rest of Media Pounce on Kerry's "Gay" Gaffe?
David Halbfinger follows Kerry to a black college in Mississippi: "Senator John Kerry showed he could preach from the pulpit one minute and throw political punches the next." But will the rest of the media pounce on the gaffe Halbfinger reports?

• March 8 -- John Kerry, "Deficit Hawk"?
At the Times, Kerry's liberalism is still an open question.

• March 3 -- Incoming Bush Attacks, Sir!
From Todd Purdum's front-page story on John Kerry, conquering hero: "In war and politics, Mr. Kerry has proved himself in past battles and he professed to be ready for the fray….He may be from Massachusetts, Mr. Kerry seemed to be all but shouting, but Michael S. Dukakis he is not."

• February 23 -- "Loony" to Link Fonda and Kerry?
Frank Rich writes of those who would link Jane Fonda to John Kerry: "[Kerry] appears as a blurred extra sitting several rows behind her in a photo of an antiwar protest held two years before her famous, self-immolating trip to Hanoi. This is guilt by association so loony that even the perpetrators of the Hollywood blacklist might have found it a stretch." But Kerry and Fonda both spoke at the rally.

• February 16 -- More on "Moderate" Kerry
Reporter Randal Archibold again insists Sen. John Kerry is a moderate.

• February 9 -- Kerry's Iraq Omission
Analyzing Bush's "Meet the Press" performance, Elisabeth Bumiller quotes Sen. John Kerry: "President Bush repeatedly told the American people that Saddam Hussein 'has got chemical weapons.'" Bumiller could have pointed out that Kerry said the same thing in 2002.

• 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.

• February 4 -- "Striking Contrasts" Between Bush and Kerry
As Sen. John Kerry piles up Democratic primary victories, "Military Service Becomes Issue in Bush-Kerry Race" frames a potential Kerry-Bush contest to Kerry's advantage.

• January 28 -- Questioning Kerry's Patriotism
David Halbfinger on Sen. John Kerry's raucous New Hampshire victory speech: "This was a martial-sounding speech from a Democrat whose rationale for his own electability--that he is best prepared to withstand an expected assault on his patriotism by Republicans in a general election--has always begun with and come back to his service in Vietnam." What assaults?

• January 28 -- No One to Blame but Bush?
David Sanger pens "Bush Backs Away From His Claims About Iraq Arms," but fails to note other countries believed the same thing about Iraq--and so did John Kerry.

• January 26 -- John Kerry, "A Centrist on a Surge"?
That's what Times reporter Randal Archibold thinks.

• August 20 -- Times Lets Dems Exploit Grief of Baghdad
Richard Stevenson lets two Democratic candidates take unopposed potshots at Bush over the Baghdad bombing.