John McCain and the NYT's Kid Gloves

John McCain and the NYT's Kid Gloves
Submitted by pmcarpenter on Sat, 05/10/2008 - 7:48am. P.M. Carpenter

THE FIFTH COLUMNIST by P.M. Carpenter

This morning we have a tie in the stumbling-around, lost-bearings contest: John McCain and the New York Times.

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What caught my eye, however -- in fact, what made both of them bulge -- was the New York Times' coverage of McCain's gibberish. Check this out:

But important nuances appear to have been lost in the partisan salvos, particularly on Mr. McCain’s side. An examination of Mr. Obama’s numerous public statements on the subjects indicates that he has consistently condemned Hamas as a "terrorist organization," has not sought the group’s support and does not advocate immediate, direct or unconditional negotiations with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president.

Important nuances?

Did that passage not specifically refute, point by blunt point, what McCain had so irresponsibly tossed around?

Obama has -- and the Times took the time to look this up, just so there was no mistake -- "consistently condemned Hamas," never "sought the group's support" and never championed any notion of "immediate ... or unconditional negotiations" with Iran's president.

Those are nuanced differences from what McCain had charged?

If I'm ever arrested on, say, a bogus bank robbery charge, I should hope the Times would not rush to my defense by noting that I was out of the country at the time of said offense and further noting that my towering, documented alibi in court is a "nuanced" one.


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