In writing about New York Times public editor Clark Hoyt’s final column in a June 16 MRC TimesWatch item, Clay Waters does a poor job of pretending that Hoyt didn’t blow Waters’…
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MRC Upset That Far-Right Extremist Identified As Far-Right Extremist
The MRC does not like accurate descriptions of Republican candidates, it seems. A June 12 MRC TimesWatch post by Clay Waters complained that the New York Times called Sharron Angle, who won…
The MRC’s Double Standard on Adultery Accusations
It’s kinda cute how the boys at the Media Research Center are getting so annoyed by reports that South Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley had an affair. Tim Graham whined that…
MRC Blinded By ‘Name That Party’
We’ve previously noted the Media Research Center’s enthusiasm for playing “Name That Party” with the media even when it violates those same rules. The MRC’s Clay Waters reminds us just how anal…
MRC Suddenly Unconcerned About Journalists at Partisan Political Events
In a Oct. 30 MRC TimesWatch item (and Nov. 1 NewsBusters post), Clay Waters defends John Stossel’s speaking at an upcoming “tea party” event in Arkansas because … a New York Times…
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Media Matters’ Simon Maloy catches Clay Waters making the claim, in a July 27 NewsBusters post and TimesWatch item, that the New York Times had dismissed the birthers as conspiracy theorists, but…
Waters Distorts, Omits Facts on Obama Fundraising
In an Oct. 31 MRC TimesWatch item (and NewsBusters post), Clay Waters referenced “Barack Obama’s sleazy online fundraising, where thanks to purposely lax security measures his site is able to receive untraceable…
CPI Bashed As ‘Left-Wing,’ But …
The Media Research Center has declared war against the Center for Public Integrity over its report stating that the Bush administration made hundreds of false statements regarding Iraq: Which begs the question:…
MRC’s Labeling Obsession
How distorted is the Media Research Center’s obsession with political labels? A July 5 entry on the MRC-run Times Watch (“Documenting and Exposing the Liberal Political Agenda of the New York Times”)…