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Alessandra Stanley

• 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 1 -- Must-See TV: "Everybody Hates Women"?
Television today is infected with sexism and racism, says TV-beat reporter Alessandra Stanley: "Television executives have giddily reverted to the sexism and racism that brought the humor police down on the networks in the first place….It's not just that Everybody Loves Raymond. Now Everybody Hates Women."

• October 1 -- Bush "Unnerved" by Kerry's Vietnam Reference
Alessandra Stanley thinks Kerry put Bush on the defensive: "The cameras demonstrated that Mr. Bush cannot hear criticism without frowning, blinking and squirming (he even sighed once). "

• September 15 -- Stanley Doubts Anti-Republican Discrimination in Hollywood
Are Republicans discriminated against in Hollywood? Alessandra Stanley doubts it: "If there is a blacklist, where is the sign-up sheet? There is no studio ban on Republicans, of course, but certain conservatives have been dining out for decades on what they describe as a Hollywood witch hunt."

• August 24 -- "Correcting" Fred Barnes
TV critic Alessandra Stanley tackles coverage of the Swift Boat Vets.

• 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 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 1 -- Not Liking "Ike"
TV critic Alessandra Stanley dislikes Ike--or at least the A&E movie "Ike," which she says is "veined with the defensive self-righteousness that many conservatives expressed about the Vietnam war and now Iraq."

• April 30 -- Alessandra Grates
In reviewing the TV coverage of the Bush-Cheney appearance before the 9-11 Commission, Times TV critic Alessandra Stanley singles out Fox News as “conservative” and “considerably more sanguine” about the White House occupants.

• April 5 -- "Passion" Corrected With Help From "Tolerant" Calvin Butts
TV critic Alessandra Stanley sees tonight's ABC documentary "Jesus and Paul" as a welcome corrective to "The Passion of Christ," and singles out the "more tolerant views" of the Rev. Calvin Butts. But what does the "tolerant" Butts thinks of Republicans?

• April 1  -- No "Ferocity" From the Franken-phile Left?
Alessandra Stanley says the debut of the new liberal radio "network" fails to match the unreasoned "rage" and "ferocity" of right-wing radio. Apparently, she didn't listen hard enough.

• February 20 -- The Religious Right Is Rising (Again)
TV critic Alessandra Stanley sees a rising of the religious right in the release of Mel Gibson's new movie.

• January 30 -- Critics of Liberal Bias Should "Get Out More"
In her review of Dennis Miller's new talk show, Alessandra Stanley wonders how conservatives can possibly complain about liberal bias: "Conservatives in Hollywood and New York always complain about stigma and persecution in the media and entertainment worlds, which makes one wonder why they don't get out more."

• January 21 -- Not Bad For a Dumb Guy
Alessandra Stanley offers backhanded praise for Bush's reading skills.

• January 5 -- Defending "The Reagans" Once More
TV critic Alessandra Stanley: "It is hard to get too indignant about CBS's lapse after a year that included…the cancellation of the mini-series 'The Reagans,' after a lobbying effort by right-wing groups who never saw the film."

• December 1 -- The "Reasonably Accurate" and "Respectful" Reagan Movie
While even the Washington Post's liberal TV critic finds "The Reagans" to be "unseemly and hugely inappropriate," Alessandra Stanley of the Times wonders what all the fuss is about: "Anyone eagerly anticipating or dreading a hatchet job on the 40th President is bound to feel confounded. James Brolin's portrayal of Ronald Reagan is uncannily convincing and respectful."

• November 7 -- Praise for US Military Prowess? Perish the Thought
Alessandra Stanley likes at least one thing about the TV-docudrama "Saving Jessica Lynch-- there's not too much pro-military stuff: "The filmmakers avoid having to make up details about Private Lynch's ordeal or delivering too jingoistic a paean to American military prowess."

• November 6 -- Reagan, AIDS and Pope Pius XII
TV critic Alessandra Stanley reviews the melodrama over the botched and biased CBS miniseries "The Reagans," counting conservatives as hypocrites and painting Pope Pius XII in an anti-Semitic light.

• October 10 -- Bush's Iraq War "Deception"
Alessandra Stanley reviews an Iraq war documentary and repeats liberal disinformation: "White House deception is the real focus of the program, which draws two main conclusions…that the administration twisted the facts to paint Mr. Hussein as an imminent threat." Bush never made such a threat.

• August 21 -- Italy’s “Shameless” Berlusconi Hampers Press Freedom
Alessandra Stanley enjoys an unsympathetic documentary of conservative Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, her only lament being it doesn’t go far enough to expose how “Berlusconi gets away with such outlandish statements and acts.” She also accuses him of “hampering freedom of the press.”