Following up in McCain's attack on Obama, several have taken note of McCain's recent error on foreign policy. It isn't quite the Iraq/Pakistan border, but while he dismissively attacks Obama for his stance on the surge, McCain gets the key chronology completely wrong.
Oh, and for those who still cling to the "liberal media" mythology, CBS evidently spliced the video tape to not show McCain's completely wrong answer.
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Honestly, I think this is much worse than the Iraq/Pakistan border comment. It's plausible that someone who has trouble remembering words off the cuff and misspoke "Iraq" when he meant "Afghanistan" could still have intended something meaningful. But getting the timeline wrong and giving the surge credit for something that happened before we started surging indicates a pathetic understanding of cause and effect.
Oh, and for those who still cling to the "liberal media" mythology
After the NYT refusal to print McCain's editorial and how much the media has fawned over Obama, I have a hard time letting go of this "mythology." I will concede that isn't as bad as some say, but it is still there.
So what did it mean when the media loved McCain? Or when they gave Bush every slack in 2000 while holding Gore's feet to the fire over every word choice? Isn't it possible that these biases are driven by other than ideology? Perhaps personality driven? Or marketing driven?
Maybe it isn't that the media is Obama-happy, but that Obama is actually making news,
I think you could make a plausible argument for 'all of the above.'
I think Obama does make news, but he has enjoyed very favorable coverage from many media outlets and there have been plenty of examples of reporters 'gushing' over him. Don't get me wrong, I like him, but the media continues to fail to impress me.
Steve, I don't deny that the media has a thing for Obama. What I am suggesting is that it isn't necessarily ideological.
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