September 22nd 2008
Media Bias #69
“150 Percent In The Tank”
In this edition of Media Bias 2008, we just stand back and let McCain campaign strategist Steve Schmidt rip:
“Whatever the New York Times once was, it is today not by any standard a journalistic organization,” said Schmidt on a conference call with reporters.
“It is a pro-Obama advocacy organization that every day attacks the McCain campaign, attacks Senator McCain, attacks Governor Palin, and excuses Senator Obama.
“This is an organization that is completely, totally, 150 percent in the tank for the Democratic candidate, which is their prerogative to be, but let’s not be dishonest and call it something other than what it is.”
“It is an organization that has made a decision to cast aside its journalistic integrity and tradition to advocate for the defeat of one candidate — in this case, John McCain.”
Thank you, Steve. Couldn’t have said it better ourselves.
What, do you ask, set Schmidt off? Sure it could have been most anything, but here’s AFP’s summary:
Schmidt’s outburst came in specific response to a question about a story in Monday’s paper which said McCain campaign manager Rick Davis had lobbied for 30,000 dollars a month for five years to defend mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. …
Davis said on the conference call he had been on leave of absence from his company for 18 months, and had not done any lobbying work in the area for up to a year-and-a-half before that.
The story did not include any comment from the NY Times, but did describe the Obama campaign as mocking Schmidt’s “laughable screed.” I bet they were; it’s easy to mock and laugh when you’re not covered in yellow journalistic mud.
Media Bias 2008 covers pro-Obama media bias in the presidential campaign. Items are listed from most recent to oldest; the numbering reflects this and is not a ranking. Send Media Bias 2008 examples via “comments”‘ below, or to email2laer [@] yahoo [dot] com.
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