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McCain Camp: If You Point Out Lies, You’re ‘In The Tank’ For Obama

Started by washingtonindependent · 9 months ago

Following the McCain campaign conference call with reporters this morning, in which senior campaign adviser Steve Schmidt lashed out at the media — specifically The New York Times — for being “completely, totally, 150 percent in the tank for Obama,R ... Continue reading »

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  • PulSamsara

    9 months ago

    McCain's getting desperate... he's starting to yell at the playing field ... lol

    Why would America REWARD complete Republican failure ?

    We wont.
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  • Robert W.

    9 months ago

    Mr. Delong, if you SINCERELY believe that the NY Times, the Washington Post, and many other MSM outlets are NOT in the tank for the Obama campaign then you should seriously consider getting a food tester because someone is drugging your food or drink.
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  • Truthfairy

    9 months ago

    Run Google and check out the volume of puff stories on McCain's big boy statements on the economy over the last 48 hours, then come back and give us the count on how many favor McCain and how many Obama?
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  • new word otter

    9 months ago

    yes Robert, we can check the supposed 'liberal bias' of the media easily. any time you want, go to the most liberal msm websites you can find, msnbc, cnn whoever. then count the headlines pro mccain and pro obama. it is ALWAYS at least five to one for mccain. ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS let's put this LIBERAL BIAS LIE to bed once and for all!
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  • Michael

    9 months ago

    Gee, why no complaints about Faux New's bias in the media. Do you really want this pathetic whiner in charge of the country?
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  • Truthfairy

    9 months ago

    There are a lot of us voters out here who are getting so upset about the McCain campaign dishonesty, and now bullying attempt to censor the press. When you look at all these articles on the subject on Google, they run as..."McCain campaign skewers NY Times...McCain lashes out at the media...McCain accuses media. Bully boy prize bouncer, Steve Schmidt, succesfully managed to distract the media from the real story - MCCAIN CAMPAIGN LOBBYIST ENABLED DEREGULATION OF FANNIE & FREDDIE & MCCAIN PLAYED ALONG!

    Isn't it time that Mainstream Media did their job and served their real constituency - - the American public.
    Media doesn't have to make the McCain campaign happy, media is supposed to provide the public with accurate reporting and furnish us with the facts and insights we need to make good voting decisions. Instead, media is merely passing on McCain copy points, without andy critical review. Nowhere is this more blatent than in the bizarre case of Governor Palin, the protected political species.

    The whole situation is absurd. Stop enabling John McCain's daily lies and distortions. Be brave and speak out, put an end to it. Let's bring truth back into political reporting and censor lies, not the other way around.
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  • ajm8127

    9 months ago

    I second that. The media's place in democracy is to keep the politicians honest.
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  • Truth

    9 months ago

    I find the media point out all those GOP lies and their repressive tactics FAR to little. It is completely shocking to what a low level the GOP has sunk and it should be pointed out daily. Alaskans see much clearer what the McCain campaign attempts to do: they call it hijacking the Alaskan justice system and government. Thanks God if the media do their job and report truthfully!
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  • John

    9 months ago

    Let's call it 'advocacy journalism' and claim responsibility for it as American Citizens. All the sensationalism, negativity, and political posturing is a result of the degredation of core values. The answer to restoring lost values is to restore them within ourselves first.



    IF YOU WANT RESPECT - SHOW RESPECT, for yourself and everyone around you. Our family, our neighbors, our media, our leaders will reflect our expectations. This is a Government 'by the people and for the people', meaning, Americans must set the standard for our leaders, not the other way around. Our Government is a mirror image of us. No leader can save us, we must save ourselves.



    Let's call it the 'duty of citizenship'.
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  • katharine

    9 months ago

    I want the truth. Guess Im in the tank too.
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  • M

    9 months ago

    Maybe if someone had pointed out Bush's Campaign lies in 2000 and 2004, we wouldn't be having this ridiculous discussion. Schmidt's lies are so easy to confirm. I guess he expects the same deference that Bush received. McCain is too smart a candidate for the Republicans. They would rather have a Democrat to kick then a smart Republican who won't do what he's told. Bush still thinks he is going to go down in history as the best and least understood President. He was so obviously bought and paid for that he would have to dense indeed to think virtually everyone didn't know that.
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  • BA

    9 months ago

    It's such an easy tactic, as we all know by now: repeat the lies ad nauseum until people stop factchecking them; then, if any source dares to counter, they are derided and denounced.

    Classic Fascism.

    (yes, O'Reilly, **that** is fascism, contrary to what you'd like your mindless viewers to believe)
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