Paul Krugman:
Why do the McCain people think they can get away with this stuff? This stuff being deception. Well, they’re probably counting on the common practice in the news media of being ‘balanced’ at all costs. If a politician says that black is white, the news report doesn’t say that he’s wrong, it reports that ’some Democrats say’ that he’s wrong. Or a grotesque line from one side is paired with a trivial misstatement from the other, conveying the impression that both sides are equally dirty.
They’re probably also counting on the prevalence of horse-race reporting, so that instead of the story being “McCain campaign lies,” it becomes “Obama on defensive in face of attacks.
They’re probably also counting on the prevalence of horse-race reporting, so that instead of the story being “McCain campaign lies,” it becomes “Obama on defensive in face of attacks.
True, but there may be some hope. Here's a question to McSame, after he told the media they were in the tank for Obama.
"if you want us to start writing about Ayers, who Obama associated with some 20 years ago, does that mean Charles Keating is now fair game too"?
And from the Obama campaign (via e-mail):
# of probing stories the NY Times has written over the course of the campaign about Barack Obama, his life, his religion, his childhood, his politics, his time in the state senate, his time in the U.S. Senate, his family, his religion, his friends, his fundraising and all other manner of associations: more than 40.
# of stories the NY Times has written over the course of the campaign about the last major financial regulatory crisis, resulting in a huge bailout, and which John McCain was centrally involved in with his political godfather Charles Keating: 0
# of stories the NY Times has written over the course of the campaign about the last major financial regulatory crisis, resulting in a huge bailout, and which John McCain was centrally involved in with his political godfather Charles Keating: 0
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