McCain should know all about boycotting the media. Some examples:
– McCain canceled an appearance on CNN’s Larry King Live after CNN’s Campbell Brown conducted a tough interview with McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds about Palin’s foreign policy experience.
– Last month, the McCain campaign barred New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd from flying on both the McCain and Palin press planes after she wrote a negative column.
– McCain campaign officials barred Time’s Joe Klein from traveling with them, after he asked McCain an uncomfortable question about foreign policy.
– Campaign officials have repeatedly gone on air to bash journalists after tough interviews, saying that Katie Couric asked Palin “a series of trapdoor questions,” the New York Times “cast aside it’s journalistic integrity to advocate for the defeat of John McCain,” and demanded that the media treat Palin with “deference.”
Yesterday, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani leveled similar charges against the Obama campaign, saying that the West debacle “gives an indication of what an Obama administration would be like. I mean, as long as you drink their Kool-Aid, you’re fine.” Earlier in the week, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney condoned West’s interview, saying, “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.”
Dowd and Klein are both columists. The x-"0"-force once reporters were beat reporters. A not so minor detail.
Granted he can do whatever he wants, but he looks very petty and vindictive.
Dowd and Klein are both columists. The x-"0"-force once reporters were beat reporters. A not so minor detail.
Granted he can do whatever he wants, but he looks very petty and vindictive.
There is absolutely no difference. It comes down to exactly the same thing, booting media off the plane you do not agree with. You could say the same thing for McCain cancelling Letterman or CNN.
There is absolutely no difference. It comes down to exactly the same thing, booting media off the plane you do not agree with. You could say the same thing for McCain cancelling Letterman or CNN.
Washington Times - owned by Rev Sun Myung Moon
NY Post - owned by Rupert Murdock
Dallas Morning News seems reputable, but those papers, who I have read extensively, has almost no objectivity, conservative or otherwise.
From the DMN:
But we don't have evidence that the newspaper's endorsement of Sen. McCain had any bearing on the campaign's decision to boot us from the plane. No one from the campaign ever mentioned it to Todd. (And for the record, he as a reporter, and I as the editor in charge of political coverage, had absolutely no input or knowledge of the endorsement. That's handled by a different department on a different floor. I didn't even know about the editorial board's choice until I read it in the paper a couple of Sundays ago.)
We think the Obama campaign's decision is to some degree more a function of limited seats, and while we're a large regional newspaper, we're not national and we're not in a swing state. We've been on the road with them at key moments, but we've not been along for the entire ride, like, say, The New York Times and The Associated Press.
For what it's worth, we've had the same trouble with the McCain campaign. One of our reporters dropped off earlier this week when space became an issue, and we're only getting back on with McCain tomorrow for the final weekend because they, unlike the Obama campaign, are adding a second plane.
It their concern was about lack objectivity, why wait until their editorial side of the paper endorses the McCain? Why not oust them early on? Again, funny how this group seems to sever ties once you say the wrong thing about them.
It their concern was about lack objectivity, why wait until their editorial side of the paper endorses the McCain? Why not oust them early on? Again, funny how this group seems to sever ties once you say the wrong thing about them.
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