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Poll: More people think the media have been ‘easier’ on McCain.
May 07, 2008 | Think Progress
In yesterday’s New York Times/CBS News poll, respondents were asked to address how the news media have treated each of the three remaining presidential candidates in comparison to each other. -
McCain’s Health-Care Muddle
May 02, 2008 | Columbia Journalism Review
What’s he doing? Don’t ask the media -
FactCheck Buys Into McCain’s Fantasy Of ‘100 Year’ Peaceful Presence In Iraq
May 01, 2008 | Think Progress
At a townhall meeting in Derry, New Hampshire on Jan. 3, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) infamously exclaimed that it “would be fine with” him if the U.S. military stayed in Iraq for “a hundred years.“ McCain clarified his comments, saying “as long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed. That’s fine with me.” -
Media continue to ignore McCain's flip-flop on Iraq-Korea comparison
April 29, 2008 | Media Matters
In reporting Sen. John McCain's statement that the U.S. might be in Iraq for "a hundred" years, the Associated Press, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and the Tribune Co.'s Washington bureau all reported that McCain indicated that the extended involvement in Iraq that he was referring to would be similar to the presence the U.S. has had in South Korea. But they did not report that McCain has previously dismissed the idea of a Korea-like U.S. troop presence in Iraq. -
Media asserted that McCain flew coach in 2007, without noting expenditure records showing payments for use of wife's jet
April 28, 2008 | Media Matters
Despite the availability of expenditure reports showing that Sen. John McCain's campaign used a corporate jet owned by his wife's company over a seven-month period beginning in the summer of 2007, several members of the media asserted earlier this year that McCain flew coach when the campaign was low on funds. -
Ignoring reversals, Boston Globe cited taxes and immigration as evidence that McCain "appears to delight in defying his fellow Republicans"
April 28, 2008 | Media Matters
In asserting that Sen. John McCain "appears to delight in defying his fellow Republicans on matters ranging from taxes to the environment," Boston Globe reporter Susan Milligan cited "McCain's support for immigration reform" and his "opposition to the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2002." But Milligan made no mention of the fact that McCain has reversed his position on taxes and immigration to more closely align himself with the base of his party. -
David Broder Writes Unproven Assumptions About John McCain
April 25, 2008 | Columbia Journalism Review
Based on his re-positioning—and sometimes outright flips-flops—on issues like the Bush tax cuts, torture policy, and immigration, I’d say McCain is no more or less willing to sacrifice personal credibility than any other politician, but more skilled than most at presenting himself to the media as a principled straight-talker. But maybe Broder has a different view. -
Stephanopoulos left unchallenged McCain's assertion that "every time you have cut capital gains taxes, revenues have increased"
April 23, 2008 | Media Matters
This Week's George Stephanopoulos did not challenge Sen. John McCain's assertion that "history shows every time you have cut capital gains taxes, revenues have increased -- going back to Jack Kennedy." Stephanopoulos did not note that, notwithstanding a potential short-term revenue increase, many economists have challenged the claim that revenue goes up over the long term as a result of capital gains tax rates being cut. - More»
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