Hardball College Tour - McCain @ Villanova

MSNBC by Chris Mathews, John McCain | Jun. 6, 2008 (Interview)

(VIDEO - 11:12) John McCain takes part in the Hardball College Tour at Villanova University on Tuesday, April 15th. Question from the audience: 'What is the most important issue to our generation?' McCain's answer: 'Keeping our nation secure, obviously. (applause) I think there's another aspect: as you know, there is a tremendous loss of trust in our government. ... We've got to do business in Washington so we carry out the agenda that the American people ... Full Story »

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Jane Thomas1
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 by Jane Thomas1 - Oct. 1, 2008

This is not journalism at all but rather a platform for McCain's views without any questioning of the fundamental attitudes and policies of McCain. Questions from the students were quite obviously predetermined; students were obviously selected and given the questions. McCain appeared to have make-up on which made him look better than usual. McCain was allowed to talk at length about the danger of war without any presentation of facts or questioning of assumptions. MSNBC and Chris Matthews in particular is known for this kind of bias, and it's interesting that there isn't more outrage to this kind of program being part of the mainstream media.

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