Sometimes the bias in Times news articles isn't in what they say, but in what they leave out.
One example in today's paper is an article by Patrick McGeehan that appears under the headline "Critics Wait for the City To Rein In Bus Lines." The article features five paragraphs from a business owner complaining about intercity bus companies whose buses park in front of her businesses, and two paragraphs from a person who represents the businesses. There are two paragraphs from a "spokeswoman for several bus companies." But there's no representation at all of the point of view of the customers of the bus lines, which even the article concedes are "popular." The article complains about "clogged sidewalks." Well, welcome to New York City.
Likewise, Clyde Haberman's "Breaking Bread" column, about having a drink with the director of the Hayden Planetarium, Neil deGrasse Tyson, carries a couple of paragraphs lambasting a congressman, Paul Broun:
Here's the real problem, as he sees it: "You have people who are not scientifically literate who have risen to positions of power and control," whether on local school boards or in Congress. He mentioned Representative Paul C. Broun, a Georgia Republican (and doctor) who sits on the House Science Committee and who says the world is 9,000 years old and was literally created in six days.
Voters, Dr. Tyson said, need to grasp the consequences of their electoral choices, especially if they produce officials who "undermine the source of creativity for tomorrow's economy." Meddle with the citizenry's understanding of science and technology, he said, and people "will emerge on the other side incapable of making the discoveries and innovations that the nation requires in order to stay economically competitive."
The Times doesn't give Dr. Broun a chance to explain or defend himself from this charge of scientific illiteracy or undermining tomorrow's economy, it just shovels the charge along unchallenged. Maybe the "as he sees it" language is a clue to the reader that the idea is to convey Mr. Tyson's opinion. But usually to get your own opinion out unchallenged in the Times you need to buy an ad; the news columns are places where such "as he sees it" claims are supposed to be tested against how other people see it, so that readers can weigh a variety of opinions and reach their own conclusions.