Boston Globe Uses Sarcastic Column to Attack McCain, Romney

Local politics writer Yvonne Abraham, in a June 4 article titled "McMitt Picking," sought to discuss the potential pairing of McCain and Romney for the presidential and vice presidential spots on the Republican ticket. However, her column was a little ... Full Story »

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by Jane Thomas1 - Oct. 1, 2008

This is what you would expect from a known conservative source. It tried to bash the so-called "liberal" media. You would find the same problem with a liberal bashing a conservative. This piece isn't effective, though, because the facts and quotations used by the author to discredit the writer of the op-ed piece make the latter writer sound rather reasonable. The facts and quotes used here truly highlight some problems with McCain, so the author has to use language such as "sarcastically," "hit piece," etc. to convince the reader that the article in question is "bad" in some way. This piece is not persuasive.

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