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Ralph Nader

• 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 8 -- Taking the Shine off St. Ralph
The Times again sics Ralph Nader, this time on possible fraud in signature collecting in Pennsylvania, a swing state where Nader's presence on the ballot would hurt Kerry.

• September 21 -- "Consumer Advocate" Nader
Managing editor Michael Oreskes reviews Ralph Nader's new book and wonders what happened to the old left-wing activist--er, "consumer advocate."

• September 21 -- Florida Now, Florida Forever for the Times
The Times editorial page still hasn't recovered from Florida 2000, and also accuses Bush of "sweeping aside the Constitution."

• July 1 -- Nader's Reputation "Tarnished" by Mixing With Repubs?
With Bush and Kerry neck-and-neck (and Ralph Nader siphoning off some of Kerry's vital support), the Times is putting front-page stories containing criticism of liberal hero Nader on its front page. Coincidence?

• May 13 -- Bits of Labeling Bias
Some bits of labeling bias in Thursday's paper, one in Glen Justice's story profiling Democratic fundraising diva Ellen Malcolm.
 

• December 3 -- Quantifying (Liberal) "Hope"
In a story on "health activism" courses taken by NYC medical students, Sharon Lerner cloaks Naderite advocacy in dreamy notions of "quantifying hope."