Author says McCain "has made a long series of substantial factual errors", without enumerating. Article is very short on facts generally -- not a good tactic for a story about "facts."

This story is a quick read, and worthwhile for those curious about why John McCain's mental lapses, and worse, are largely concealed from the public.

While the tone is immoderate, the facts are accurate. And the conclusion bears up under scrutiny too. The media is giving McCain a pass. This is hardly a new contention and has been thoroughly documented elsewhere. The other main point, that the right-wing talking heads go right for name calling and personal attacks when anybody points this or other uncomfortable facts out, has also been pretty well documented. So Budowsky is hardly going out on a limb here. I could do without the GOP-style invective, but I can't argue with his points.

Despite the fact that I essentially believe that the general argument made in this article is true, I have to give it low marks. It is written like an argument made by a petulant high school student -- generalizations are made and the entire argument is hinging on one poorly presented example. Also, there is a tone of uncontainable anger in it that takes away from the overall credibility. This article and argument would be much more effective if it were better thought-out and presented. As it stands, it serves in no way to inform the reader.

Budowsky's story is accurate, although not particularly well-written, and in fact could be elaborated substantially. Although it didn't come out until after the story was written, McCain also stated during the Couric interview that Iraq was the first major combat after 9/11, a statement that is obviously erroneous but one that CBS also cut. More generally, McCain has been a darling of the media for two decades, appearing on MTP more than twice as often as the next most frequent guest, for example, even though he occupied no leadership position in the Senate most of the time. Several press articles detail McCain's great skill in cultivating reporters, inter alia, by asking them for advice. The result is that some members are ... More »

The article and opinion centers around CBS editing McCain's interview reply to keep the public from hearing his bumbled reply. This is expanded to include evidence of partisan bias from Scarborough along with his shoot the messenger attacks upon Olbermann. This would serve as substantial evidence of right wing bias in the news, but the cohesion of the article fails when the charges of McCain making slanderous charges against Obama are left hanging without integrating them with the press bias issue.

While John McCain's remark that Barack Obama would rather win an election than a war was crude, it doesn't come close to constituting defamation or slander. The author's commentary on the selective cropping of McCain's misstatements is far less insightful than other articles and blog posts I've read on the topic. The author's delivery is not articulate and most arguments appear to be highly emotionally charged. This is a poor attempt at rabble rousing against McCain and I hope other readers can separate it from the abundance of more pointed criticism of both candidates.

Completely right on the idea of passes for McCain from "the media".

An interesting story about John McCain's negatives. I used to think John McCain was very intellgent and willing to speak truthfully more than others. But, something has changed.

An excellent story that tells it like it is. A network executive said CBS regretted the omission. (And you'll respect me in the morning, too!) But the omission didn't alter the story. An absurd statement if ever there is one! Of course it altered the story! Big time! Before it was cut out, it validated that McCain is no foreign policy whiz–and also not much in the "keeping us secure from terrorism" department, either. Coupled with his sharp-witted statement on the Today show about an Iraq/Pakistan border, McCain is amassing an impressive resume of very troubling arguments in favor of his being the last person we want as president.

This opinion piece has minimal journalistic merit. The author uses all the usual cliches of the far left, even mentioning Karl Rove (!) at the start. There is no balance, no effort to list the many factual errors of Senator Obama, who has made far more than Senator McCain, including several on his current tour ending with his disastrous performance in the press conference in Paris today.