Politico 's Allen touted McCain campaign assertion that Obama "is the most liberal senator in the United States Senate" |
| Published: February 20, 2008, 4:45 pm |
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On the February 19 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, Politico chief political writer Mike Allen uncritically quoted an assertion by Rick Davis, campaign manager for Sen. John McCain, that Sen. Barack Obama "is the most liberal senator in the United States Senate." Allen did not cite a source for Davis' claim -- presumably National Journal's 2007 vote ratings. By repeating the McCain campaign's invocation of the National Journal vote ratings, Allen joined Karl Rove, Pat Buchanan, and other conservative media figures in promoting the ratings. National Journal "anticipate[d]" the media would promote these ratings "across the 2008 election cycle," despite the publication's acknowledgment that the methodology it used in 2003 to rate then-presidential candidate John Kerry (D-MA) the "most liberal senator" was flawed. Moreover, Allen did not note during his appearance on Hannity & Colmes that McCain "did not vote frequently enough in 2007 to draw a composite [ Full article ] |
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