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Robert Pear

• June 9 -- That Didn't Take Long; Reagan's "Bitterly Polarizing" Agenda
The mourning period for Reagan is over in Timesland.

• March 9 -- Changing The Subject: From Partial-Birth To An Assault On Privacy
In "Administration Sets Forth A Limited View on Privacy," Robert Pear and Eric Lichtblau change the subject from fighting partial-birth abortion to a Bush assault on medical privacy.

• February 2 -- Still No Liberals Here
Once again, a Robert Pear story finds no liberals in Congress, only "conservatives" and Democrats.

• January 29 -- "Conservatives" vs. Democrats, Part XI
New topic, same labeling bias from reporter Robert Pear.

• January 6 -- The "Conservative" Medicare Drug Bill?
Robert Pear surveys the political landscape around the Medicare drug bill and sees no liberals: "The law was written mainly by conservatives and centrists."

• November 20 -- Still No Liberals in the Medicare Drug Debate
How does one quote Rep. Charles Rangel and Sen. Ted Kennedy in a Medicare story without using the word "liberal?" Ask Robert Pear and Robin Toner.

• November 13 -- Pear Continues Heavy Lifting On Labeling Bias
For months, Robert Pear has been writing the same Sisyphean story on the eternally embattled Medicare drug benefit bill, pitting "conservative" Republicans against plain old "Democrats" like…Sen. Ted Kennedy?

• September 18 -- Robert Pear Overdoses On “Conservatives”
Robert Pear’s story on drug subsidies for seniors overdoses on the “conservative” label, employing the term seven times in a 750-word story. Meanwhile, ultraliberal Sen. Ted Kennedy is again merely a “Democrat of Massachusetts.”

• July 21 -- Still No Liberal Labeling In Drug Coverage
A front-page story by Robert Pear on the tough road ahead for a Medicare drug bill calls the liberal group Families USA, which favors Canadian-style socialized medicine, a “consumer group.” Meanwhile, on the other side, “Conservatives agree that the Senate subsidies are generous -- too generous, they say.”

• July 15 -- Still Looking for the Liberal Label
Robin Toner and Robert Pear went label-crazy on conservatives in their story on Medicare coverage of prescription drugs, using the “conservative” label six times while avoiding “liberal” entirely. This in a story featuring Sen. Ted Kennedy.