It’s Their Fault

I’d probably work a bit longer on it, but you’ll get the gist…
I’d love to see Katie Couric analyze this one.

Tonight you will be hearing about our candidate’s many strengths, our party’s vision for America, and our plan to win this election. You’ll also be hearing some attacks: on the failure of the incumbent [...]

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Some Google search results:

“Obama Slams McCain” - 33,900 hits
“McCain Slams Obama” - 315,000 hits

“Obama Pummels McCain” - 8
“McCain Pummels Obama” -247

“Obama reacts to McCain” - 387
“McCain reacts to Obama” - 127

“Obama defends against” - 55
“McCain defends against” - 4

“Obama cowers” - 215
“McCain Cowers” - 19

Sure McCain is running a more attack-oriented campaign, but these are [...]

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Let’s look at how the Times screws up its portrayal of McCain and Obama every day, in an arena that journalists are supposed to be obsessed with (and that is perhaps more influential than any content): language. It’s the one place where fairness can be judged, and one in which the Times’s susceptibility to [...]

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