Politico's Martin sets the general election CW that the campaign never pushes back on: "Openly frustrated by what they see as an ongoing double standard in the press's treatment of his campaign, Sen. John McCain and his aides have been aggressively denouncing unfavorable stories as 'smear jobs' and 'scurrilous attacks,' while the candidate himself has launched a series of stinging attacks on Sen. Barack Obama." Full Story »
Posted by Fabrice Florin
The commentary about the inconsistency between McCain's campaign criticizing media coverage and McCain himself in his Newsweek interview saying "I'm not in the business of commenting on the press and their coverage or not coverage" is getting wide coverage. This is simply one more media house, naturally picking up on it. The other stories "First Read" highlights are McCains campaign criticisms of Bush on the economy and McCains problems with evangelicals. Links are provided in the blurbs but overall this is nothing more than storyline teasers.
