McCain Doesn't Need a Fact-Checker; the Media Edit His Mistakes for Him

John McCain, presumably advised by Karl Rove and definitely imitating the politics of George Bush, is now saying that Barack Obama would rather lose a war than lose an election. This is a defamation; this is a slander; this is a lie. McCain should apologize to Obama. Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
4.2
by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

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.

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4.5
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5.0
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