bud s man , ▁appearing ▁in ▁the ▁" H al ft ime ▁Report ▁w / ▁Andy ▁Le vy ." ▁ ▁Greg ▁G utf eld ▁version ▁ ▁Tom ▁Sh ill ue ▁version ▁ ▁Rec urr ing ▁elements ▁ ▁Pin ch ▁" P inch ", ▁a ▁car ic ature ▁of ▁the ▁liberal ▁el ite ▁media ▁named ▁after ▁Times ▁publish er ▁Arthur ▁" P inch " ▁Sul z berger , ▁was ▁a ▁pu ppet ▁made ▁from ▁a ▁fol ded ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁newspaper ▁and ▁was ▁intended ▁to ▁represent ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁itself , ▁not ▁simply ▁a ▁single ▁correspond ent ▁or ▁column ist . ▁The ▁pu ppet ▁was ▁vo iced ▁by ▁series - regular ▁Bill ▁Schul z , ▁who ▁also ▁operated ▁the ▁mouth ▁movements ▁by ▁pulling ▁a ▁string ▁at op ▁the ▁pu ppet . ▁Pin ch ▁had ▁appeared ▁in ▁nearly ▁every ▁episode ▁since ▁his ▁debut , ▁except ▁for ▁episodes ▁where ▁Schul z ▁was ▁absent . ▁However , ▁on ▁April ▁ 8 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁D ana ▁V ach on ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁person ▁to ▁voice ▁and ▁operate ▁Pin ch ▁other ▁than ▁Schul z , ▁who ▁was ▁absent ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁ ▁Pin ch ▁deb uted ▁on ▁March ▁ 2 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁and ▁was ▁originally ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁Cor respond ent . ▁After ▁previous ▁attempts ▁by ▁G utf eld ▁to ▁call ▁him ▁" Tim sey ", ▁on ▁the ▁March ▁ 2 6 ▁show , ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁Cor respond ent ▁said ▁that ▁"