Puff Piece on Treasury Officials Subtracts from Bailout Coverage

Sunday's New York Times business section includes two vastly different accounts of bailout programs that are now in circulation at the expense of taxpayers. On the one hand, the NYT deserves credit for calling out the Treasury Department for using questionable estimates, but the paper pivots away from this position in a separate piece that is overloaded with White House spin. It's a curious juxtaposition... White House officials who are pushing for another costly bailout package in the name o...

Anti Tea Party Agenda Evident in Report on Poll Results

A new poll shows that Tea Party activists are well-educated, well-informed and financially independent. This does not exactly fit with the image the New York Times is trying to sell at the expense of small government activists... Angry white males who are opposed to anti-poverty initiatives fuel and animate the Tea Party movement, according to a front piece in the New York Times that explores the results of a new poll the newspaper organized in tandem with CBS News. The report includes int...

Front Page Cheerleading Overstates China’s Willingness to Join Against Iran

President Obama has offered the Beijing government enough assurances where it can now fully cooperate with other international efforts aimed against Iran's nuclear program.  In reality, China has not made any concrete agreements. But Obama ran as someone who could rebuild tattered foreign relations and foster multilaterial  deals. Appearences need to be kept up, even as diplomatic efforts fair and the NYT is doing its part for The White House... Don’t worry so much about that nuclear program ...

Union Bosses Escape Disclosure Requirements as NYT Pressures Corporations

Financial disclosure for thee, but not for me. This is the message union bosses are transmitting to average Americans through The New York Times. Even as the White House and Congressional Democrats push for additional provisos aimed against politically active corporations, Obama officials are rescinding disclosure requirements for organized labor's top officials.... President Obama campaigned on openness and transparency in government but his top officials are rolling back financial disclosur...

ACORN’s Partisan Activities on Behalf of President Obama Should be Re-Examined

ACORN's questionable financial transactions and political activity were explored by the New York Times in the months leading up to the 2008 presidential election. But this reporting was abruptly cut off. Now would be a good time to reactivate the investigation since the organization is supposedly disbanding... Just a few months ago, ACORN denied that it would be changing its name and reconstituting itself.  But that process is now in motion as various nationwide affiliates assume more generic...