Times Watch for March 16, 2006
…And the NYT Just Provides “Material” for Network Anchors
“…the Cybercast News Service, a part of the conservative Media Research Center that provides material for talk radio hosts, reported that [actor Richard] Dreyfuss had said in a speech at the National Press Club that impeaching Mr. Bush was a ‘cause worth fighting for.’”

“Naïve” Anti-Israeli Activist Rachel Corrie?
Corrie’s group, the International Solidarity Movement, supports "armed struggle" against Israel.

Quotes of Note
Nazi-Style Suppression: “Could It Happen Here?”

Wednesday, March 15, 2006
An Anti-GOP Cheap Shot a Day….
Claude Allen, symptom of Republican kowtowing to Bush?

The Return of “Neo-Con” Bill Buckley
David Sanger again lumps a founding conservative with “neo-conservatives.”

Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Kakutani Loves Anti-Bush Conservatives
Chief book critic Michiko Kakutani is no conservative, but she is a reliable booster of books by conservatives -- as long as they are anti-Bush and/or anti-war.

How Dare “Politics Intrude” on a Sporting Event
Unless its feminists protesting Augusta National Golf Club, of course.

Labeling Bias, Part 1: NAACP Not Liberal?
Meanwhile, the Center for Equal Opportunity is a “conservative group.”

Labeling Bias, Part 2: “Free-Speech” ACLU vs. A “Conservative” Group
A stark double standard on labeling political groups.

Monday, March 13, 2006
Republican Takeover of ’94 Motivated by “Anger,” Not Rightward Shift?
James Traub: “ What immense forces suddenly burst through the earth's crust that fall? Anger, for one….There's little evidence that voters suddenly moved to the right in 1994.”

William Buckley, “Neo-Con”?
Do Times reporters know enough about the conservative movement to report it fairly?

Gale Norton’s Efforts “To Exploit Natural Resources”
Matthew Wald makes Interior Secretary Gale Norton out as an anti-environment villain.

Seeing the Dark Side of a Strong Jobs Report
The Times remains hypersensitive to any hint of bad economic news.

Friday, March 10, 2006
“Retro” Anti-Abortionists Battle “Magnetic” Planned Parenthood Prez
Robin Finn: “Cecile Richards, the new and instantly embattled president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, would like those retro ‘folks’ -- her word -- intent on knocking her organization, and the entire abortion rights movement, off the map to know she takes after her maternal grandmother.”

Abramoff’s Bogus “Ties” to Bush
A headline screams: “$25,000 to Lobby Group Is Tied to Access to Bush.” But the story itself can’t back it up.

Strange New Respect for Reaganite Bruce Bartlett
Thanks to his new Bush-bashing tome, the economist/columnist is now blogging for the Times.