McCain Campaign At War With Old Media New York Times And New Media The Politico |
| Published: September 22, 2008, 11:37 pm |
| Tags: msm, news, the new york times, journalism, news media, newsweek blogitics, john mccain, media, media criticism, 2008 elections, internet news media, democrats, barack obama, republicans, politics |
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Republican Presidential candidate Sen. John McCain clearly is a wartime presidential candidate, clearly giving out signs that he’ll be a tough wartime President. At war with the old — and now the new — news media, that is…. In the past 24 hours, McCain’s side has accused the New York Times of seeking to undermine their campaign and shill for Democrat Barack Obama. And when a reporter for the increasingly popular The Politico website sought a clarification on a few things, a McCain rep accused that reporter of also being “in the tank” for Obama as well. It’s an irony for a candidate who long had a reputation of working well with the press and whose campaign is far more diligent in informing and cultivating the new media than Obama’s. We’ve run posts here before noting the increasingly negative line the McCain campaign has taken towards the press, essentially using the press as a wedge issue, which fires up the GOP’s [ Full article ] |
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