The New York Times printed an editorial written by Barrack Obama last week describing Obama's plan for Iraq. John McCain wrote an article in response to Obama's article; the New York Times refused to print McCain's article. The NYT gave some rationale for their decision. Perhaps this rationale is justified. I'm not motivated enough to wade through the rationale versus the original McCain article (available on Drudge for those "inquiring minds that want to know"). It seems to me it is a very dangerous precedent to print one candidate's article and refuse to print another candidate's article, rationale notwithstanding. What are your thoughts?
This fits quite well with the fact that all three major networks sent their news anchors along to give glowing reviews of Obama's current world tour. When McCain went to Iraq, you barely heard anything.
I don't typically get into the media conspiracy theories. But when you consider, as ipscshooter pointed out, that the anchors of all 3 network newscasts are following Obama on his overseas tour, and things like this, it's hard to ignore. I've NEVER seen an election where the coverage was even close to as lopsided as this one is. I know Republicans complained in 2000 and 2004, but Al Gore (and perhaps even Kerry) would have won if he had been afforded the luxury of press attention that Obama has been awarded.
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This fits quite well with the fact that all three major networks sent their news anchors along to give glowing reviews of Obama's current world tour. When McCain went to Iraq, you barely heard anything.
Ditto, what I've been thinking all day. What's being reported as why they rejected it, McCain didn't include a timeline for with drawing the troops. They said he need to work from Obama's piece and go from there instead of his own.
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I guess none of you read the part where the Times said they had endorsed McCain (over the hometown former mayor), had printed seven previous columns by him and found his particular Op-ed piece to be just a rant.
Maybe McCain needs a better re-write man.
Read the Times' explanation before starting the victims' whine:
I guess none of you read the part where the Times said they had endorsed McCain (over the hometown former mayor), had printed seven previous columns by him and found his particular Op-ed piece to be just a rant.
Maybe McCain needs a better re-write man.
Read the Times' explanation before starting the victims' whine:
Are you really believing the NTY endosered McCain because they liked him? They only vendorsed him because he was the weakest cannidate running on the Republican side. As soon as he clintched the nomination the have gone on the attack. Why didn't they stand by their man?
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John Adams “The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.”
Ronald Reagan: 'Everybody that is for abortion has already been born'
"I never said I was worth it. I only said I wouldn't do it for less " William F. Buckley Jr.
"It would be terrific to have an article from Senator McCain that mirrors Senator Obama"™s piece. To that end, the article would have to articulate, in concrete terms, how Senator McCain defines victory in Iraq. It would also have to lay out a clear plan for achieving victory "” with troops levels, timetables and measures for compelling the Iraqis to cooperate. And it would need to describe the senator"™s Afghanistan strategy, spelling out
how it meshes with his Iraq plan."
according to the Time. So its not a question if there was anything wrong with his piece, maybe it just was not directed.
You know, McCain could have just re-written the article without the conservatives making a crying jag out of this. But no! Its a campaign issue and we're being mistreated![X(]
NYT prints Obama, refuses McCain article
