why is the press giving McCain a pass

Why is McCain getting a pass from the press? I'm talking about his background? I'm talking about morals,realestate deals , ties with business cronies etc.

What exactly are they not covering that you think they should be?

If Edwards -- no longer a candidate, no longer an office holder -- is fair game for 24/7 "news" coverage, then why not a sitting Senator and candidate for President?

I know McCain is guilty of the same thing way back when. But unfortunatly, time has a tendency to make such things less dramatic.

But it does need to be pointed out if McCain ever starts saying anything hypocritical about it.

so even viewers who clearly don't know McCain just accept it as a fact at this point.

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2008-08-07/news/postmodern-mccain-the-john-mccain-some-arizonans-know-and-loathe

McCain has been courting/wooing the press for a long time.

The media are actively suppressing information voters need to know to properly evaluate mccain as a candidate and potential president. They edit his interviews to conceal errors and gaffes, excise comments made by others concerning his marital infidelities, etc., etc.

Would mccain be that much better than Obama for the media and corporate elites that they have to bend over backwards to misrepresent him to the public? (And BTW, what kind of "journalism" is that supposed to be?) And what if we elect mccain and then find out he's no good, like what happened with bush?

That wasn't hard!

trademark republican "R" is more effective than teflon on a frying pan. It comes with a media-issued guarantee that you can get as dirty as you want, but nothing will stick.

the talking heads said, "once the primaries are over we will begin to focus on some of the gaffes by McCain." Well the primaries have been over quite some time and they have yet to begin any honest scrutiny of McCain. They keep trying to make it seem like there are nothing but problems in the Hillary/Obama relationship and focus on the Dems and there problems while giving McCain a pass. The media is, as always, looking out for the GOP candidate.

plain and simple. They even are the ones who helped him bounce back in the primaries. They aren't going to beat on their buddy that's what we've got.

Mark them with tough guy mccain so the right audience watch these CDs.

Sumner Redstone supported Republicans and helped drive Dan Rather away ...

Gee, I don't know ...

My guess is that close races make for higher ratings. Higher ratings equal more $$.

in electing a President that will play ball. That candidate is John McCain.

its the D.C./National knuckleheads who give him the pass ... it part its because of what the corporate-owners of the media want and in part because the clowns who pose as journalists in the National media were the ones who created the McCain myth they of course would be the ones who are most protective of it.

So many Americans get their news from internet new sources
how can they hide anything, with all the information on the internet about the man?

What we call journalist get the news from what we call government.

You're just plain wrong. Check out news in countries that do have government media and see the difference. Would you get such criticism of Bush if our media was really put out by the government?

There is corporate influence, no doubt. But you really stretch it to say that we don't have free press. What about Internet? Magazines? Newspapers? Cable? Those are all just extensions of the government? Get real.

Not extensions of the gov't but all supporting one ideology. Corporate Fascism.

Do you think the NY Times likes Bush? How about in 2006 when they endorsed every single Dem candidate across the nation? The Times has come out repeatedly against Bush's policies.

You honestly think the MSM has NEVER criticized George Bush? What are you smoking?

good for B*sh, to be criticism of B*sh.

If there are so many mainstream news reports out there with direct criticisms of B*sh just post a link to one. You might be surprised how few there are.

Look thru the past 6 years of NY Times, Newsweek, Time, etc.

and a horse race is better for the ratings. If McCain was polling at 10%, which is what he should be at, then no one would pay attention nor watch their crappy coverage.

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I think if Obama went in the tank some they'd make John a lil less Teflon.

Even if their corporate masters don't demand falling in line with their version of things, they damn well demand revenue, which is why we have tabloid news and only discuss issues on one side with no depth in any event.

You already know that if the gaffe a minute, intellectually lightweight, dishonest, disorganized, pandering, moderate on few if any positions, and more war less jobs McCain got out of the bag that this one's over. McCain would be lucky to hold on to the majority of the Confederacy.

I think we pound McCain on warmongering and hit him with shades of "Daisy" to a little ditty he made up on the trail right around the election.

This is the numbskull that wants to do so much saber rattling that he is campaigning on throwing China and Russia out of the G8. John McCain is dangerous. He'll throw us into a new dark ages at worst (I hope) and a depression at best (Hoover written all over him).

Ignore the corporate media. Get the truth out. There are women who actually believe McCain supports equality. There are old black people that think they can depend on McCain to at least be a good Christian.