Cover this! Inside the nastiest ’08 rumors

The Politico by Ben Smith | Oct. 30, 2008 (News Report)

Now, as the campaign enters its last week, partisans have deluged reporters with e-mails and vented on blogs about why the media is suppressing stories about one candidate or the other. The unwritten Obama stories supposedly concern his Americanness: They raise doubts about his birth, his citizenship and his patriotism. The un-penned anti-McCain stories go to the quality he's made central to his career: honor. They suggest he's used foul language to his ... Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Media
Topics: Presidential Election 2008, Media and Politics, John McCain, Obama Administration
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Posted by: Posted by Chris Finnie - Oct 30, 2008 - 4:48 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Chris Finnie (review), Kelly Garrett (review), Cynthia Gilbert (review)
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Edited by: Kelly Garrett - Oct 31, 2008 - 7:18 AM PDT
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Kelly Garrett
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 by Kelly Garrett - Oct. 31, 2008

A good summary of fact checking efforts regarding some of the most prominent rumors in the '08 election.

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Chris Finnie
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 by Chris Finnie - Oct. 30, 2008

While Smith misses a few I've read elsewhere: McCain used government property and personnel for a family reunion, McCain met with Chilean dictator Pinochet, McCain killed somebody in a car crash and it was covered up by the admirals--I haven't posted them for the same reason. In the story about Chile, the blogger added a denial by the U.S. ambassador at the time denying his alleged role in setting up the meeting. While I respect the blogger's honesty, he undercut his whole story. I'm glad to see Politico agrees with me!

While the McCain campaign likes to credit the Obama campaign for all these, I have seen no connection. They appear to be bloggers who, frustrated that Obama refuses to hit back at McCain/Palin nastiness, do it themselves.

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Cynthia Gilbert
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 by Cynthia Gilbert - Oct. 31, 2008
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