Who Knew? Conservative papers more partisan than "liberal" papers

Howard Kurtz notes a new Harvard study says the conservative editorial pages are more intensely partisan, and far less willing to criticize a Republican administration than the liberal pages are to take on a Democratic administration.

Tomasky examined the editorial commentary on 10 Bush and Clinton episodes that were roughly comparable.

The liberal papers criticized the Clinton administration 30 percent of the time, while the conservative papers slapped around the Bush administration just 7 percent of the time.

The liberal papers praised the Clintonites 36 percent of the time, while the conservative papers praised the Bushies 77 percent of the time.

One more set of numbers: The liberal papers criticized Bush 67 percent of the time; the conservative papers criticized Clinton 89 percent of the time.

Further down he comments on the Note dissing the Time and Newsweek articles on Dean. No mention was there when I checked the Note. A mistake by Kurtz or did the Note later retract it?.