John McCain vs. the New York Times
Referee whistle: against the New York Times, Holding, 10 yards.
Last week the media focused much attention on this New York Time front page story about John McCain: For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk.
It is fair that many people have criticized the New York Times for this article, especially that the NY Times made it a lead story. The article is mainly a review of McCain’s history with the Keating Five corruption issue (in the late 1980’s) and his subsequent emergence as a champion of campaign finance reform. The “new” in this news story centers on McCain’s relationship with lobbyist Vicki Iseman, based on vague information from anonymous sources. This article is an attempt to sell more newspapers.
Some speculate that the New York Times will publish follow-up articles with more substance. If that happens, I will want to review this again. If the NY Times has more information, they should have published the whole story, or, if they don’t have more substance, they should not have published it at all. This article was a “teaser” worthy of the National Enquirer, not the U.S. “paper of record”.
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Comment by Mary Ann
Posted on February 27, 2008 at 4:03 pm
I think the NY Times should somehow be censored for this unfair reporting on McCain - no substance and I am very disappointed in them. Just not what they used to be. And so what if he has a girlfriend - I thought we were over that …. People’s sex life should be their own. Period Ahhhhh, I may move to France.