http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/6334/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/mccain-loses-civility-spews-inaccurate-misleading-attacks-obama <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Reporter Jim Rutenberg frets over McCain&#039;s harsh attacks: &quot;The intensity of the recent drive - which has included some assertions from the McCain campaign that have been widely dismissed as misleading - has surprised even some allies of Mr. McCain, who has frequently spoken about the need for civility in politics.&quot; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The Times can't abide John McCain's newly assertive campaign ads attacking Barack Obama, judging by the paper's <a href="http://timeswatch.org/articles/2008/20080730143558.aspx " target="_self">disappointed tone yesterday</a>, which carried over into Thursday's off-lead story by Jim Rutenberg, "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/31/us/politics/31campaign.html?_r="1&hp&oref=slogin" " target="_self">McCain Is Trying To Define Obama As Out Of Touch</a>." </p><br /> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/mccain-loses-civility-spews-inaccurate-misleading-attacks-obama" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch BarackObama Campaign2008 CampaignAds DoubleStandards JimRutenberg JohnMcCain NewYorkTimes NYTimes TimesWatch TimesWatch.org WoundedSoldiers Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:02:00 +0000 admin 6310 at http://archive2.mrc.org