Do Wash. Times news pages really have “no agenda”?
Written by Terry Krepel
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Washington Times editor John Solomon got some attention the other day by complaining that The New York Times, in an article explaining the origin of the false “death panel” claim, described his newspaper as “decidedly opposed” to President Obama. Solomon insisted in response that “Our news pages have no agenda except to accurately and fairly cover the news.”
Solomon's whining paid off in the form of not just a correction stating that the article was “referring to its opinion pages, not to its news pages” but an apology from New York Times Washington editor Dean Baquet stating, “We did not mean to imply the Washington Times newsroom is biased or partisan.”
Below are of Media Matters items on Obama-related news articles published by The Washington Times. Judge for yourself:
Media echo serial misinformer McCaughey's false end-of-life counseling claim
Wash. Times article allows unnamed critics to smear Sotomayor as “terror on the bench”
Wash. Times headlines “jeers” for Obama's commencement address, but not for Bush's
Under pressure, Washington Times removes image of Obama's daughters from youth homicides story
Wash. Times forwarded distortion of Obama's “Christian nation” remarks
Conservative media attack health-care reform in budget without addressing admin. response
Politico, ABC's The Note spotlighted Wash. Times article reviving Obama flag smears
Wash. Times adopted GOP's inflated cost-per-job calculation for recovery bill
Wash. Times headline baselessly claims “Scandal casts cloud over Obama presidency”
Wash. Times reported on Obama's “association” with Khalidi, but not McCain's
Citing Milbank, Wash. Times' Curl repeated disputed version of Obama's “symbol” remark
Wash. Times described Michelle Obama-Gov. Granholm event as “estrogenfest,” “girlie show”
Wash. Times quoted Indiana man saying Obama is “a Muslim” without noting the assertion is false
Despite reporting to the contrary, Wash. Times claimed Obama received “a discount” on his house