Comments on: The media’s push to defeat McCain officially begins (MORE: NRO TALKS TO ONE OF STORY’S MAIN SOURCES)

By: Rovin

Rovin — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:03:53 +0000

From Bill Keller:

“On the substance, we think the story speaks for itself. In all the uproar, no one has challenged what we actually reported. On the timing, our policy is, we publish stories when they are ready.”

If this is the pace the Times uses to release a story, I sure hope they get around to letting us know that Christ rose from the dead soon.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:17:22 +0000

Oh geez! The Times story was so bleeping boring I doubt if anybody got to the end of it. Howie Kurtz gives those who want a summary the “good parts version.”

By: benning

benning — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:42:46 +0000

On Bill Bennett’s show this morning he remarked that the McCain people had sent to the NYTimes a list of votes by the Senator that went directly against the lobbyist’s clients’ interests. Oddly, the NYTimes ignored that for the phony scandal. The NYTimes prefers to print lies, innuendos and propaganda that support the Left and attack the conservatives/Republicans. We’ll see more of this. McCain is just starting to feel the Leftist wrath.

By: Liberty Pundit

Liberty Pundit — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:27:52 +0000

That Didn’t Take Long

Message to McCain: these people in the media are not your friends:
Early in Senator John McCai…
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By: Tom TB

Tom TB — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:38:27 +0000

They tried this nonsense years ago with George Herbert Walker Bush; that he stayed in a hotel with a female staffer. The trouble with this tabloid story was that their rooms were on different floors!

By: Editorial: The New York Times John McCain Story â€“ Cheap Political Journalism « Wayward Fundamentalist Christian

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:19:30 +0000

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By: Mwalimu Daudi

Mwalimu Daudi — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:06:47 +0000

I wonder if this story will do to the Times what the fake Air National Guard memos did to Dan Rather……..

By: Don Surber » Blog Archive » Sex is private, 2008

Don Surber » Blog Archive » Sex is private, 2008 — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:31:11 +0000

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By: Baklava

Baklava — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:30:21 +0000

Jay, it was non-named sources and sloppy journalism. Hope is not a plan.

By: Jay In Md.

Jay In Md. — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:29:36 +0000

The NYT ran over jumpin’ johnny with a bus, I wonder if it was the “straight talk express”?

By: K

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:53:50 +0000

The NYT endorsed McCain because they wanted the GOP to nominate their worst candidate. One almost certain to split the party.

To the extent that John McCain stands for anything (except for John McCain) he stands for the wing of the GOP that believes the two parties should be the same.

i.e. Big government, Statism.

The Republican race was odd indeed. Thompson seemed indifferent, Huckabee was unexpectedly effective in personal appearances, and Guiliani chose a poor tactic by boringly talking of NYC about a zillion times.

IMO Romney was beaten because Thompson, Huckabee, and Guiliani diverted media attention. So McCain, the best known candidate, benefited.

Did I say the GOP race was odd? Hillary v. Obama is redefining the word.

By: Sister Toldjah

Sister Toldjah — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:20:45 +0000

Ok – that must have been the problem I bumped into yesterday. Oh well …

By: T-Steel

T-Steel — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:14:53 +0000

We’re using Disqus commenting system and they’ve been performing LIVE updates to their “stuff”. They broke alot of blogs’ commenting systems yesterday.

By: Sister Toldjah

Sister Toldjah — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:12:24 +0000

T-Steel – I tried to comment on your post yesterday about Michelle Obama’s comments, but had trouble with the comment screen never coming up after I registered. Has TMV had some comment posting issues lately?

By: T-Steel

T-Steel — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:11:07 +0000

The only story here is if there are “appearances of ethical impropriety”. That’s it. All the sexual nonsense is infuriating.