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Marc Santora

• September 1 -- Showing the Violent Face of Anti-Bush Protest
The Times doesn't hide the violent, ugly behavior of some anti-Republican protesters: "…marauding crowds cursing at delegates in Midtown and the detention of hundreds of protesters near ground zero--created a day of disorder in a convention week already marked by sustained protests against the Bush administration and the war in Iraq."

• August 30 -- Boosting Anti-Bush Crowd Figures, Again
The Times again manages to pass along the highest crowd estimates for an anti-Bush rally in Manhattan, the same way it did during the anti-war protests of March 2003, and passes along more "protesters-as-mainstream-citizens" talking points.

• July 29 -- You Can Trust Kerry, Says Baghdad Jim
David Johnston and Marc Santora couch criticism of Kerry's shifting war stance as "Republican attacks" and "talking points," while bringing in the dubious Rep. Jim (Bush is a liar) McDermott to defend Kerry.

• June 2 -- Nice Speech, Rumsfeld -- But What About Abu Ghraib?
Marc Santora covers Defense Secretary Rumsfeld's commencement speech at West Point and shoehorns in this out-of-nowhere reference: "The speech, which made no mention of the abuse of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, drew polite applause."