&quot;JohnMcCain http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/6338/all en McCain "Tarred" Obama as "Dr. No" - But NYT Called Coburn the Same Thing http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/mccain-tarred-obama-dr-no-nyt-called-coburn-same-thing <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Two days after running the front-page headline, &quot;Democrats Try to Break Grip Of the Senate&#039;s Flinty Dr. No,&quot; the Times criticizes McCain for calling Obama &quot;Dr. No&quot; and for his &quot;misleading&quot; negativity against the Democrat. </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">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/30/us/politics/30mccain.html?ref=" target=_self ? politics?>McCain </a><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/30/us/politics/30mccain.html?ref=" ? politics?>Goes Negative, Worrying Some in G.O.P.</a>," the Times fretted Wednesday in a headline over a story by reporter Michael Cooper. The story was instructive, as Times' readers learned thatwhile it'sperfectly acceptable for the Times to call conservative Sen. Tom Coburn "<a href="http://timeswatch.org/articles/2008/20080729123514.aspx " target="_self">Dr.</a></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/mccain-tarred-obama-dr-no-nyt-called-coburn-same-thing" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch "Dr.No "JohnMcCain ads BarackObama Campaign2008 DoubleStandards Gaffes MichaelCooper NewYorkTimes NYTimes TimesWatch TimesWatch.org Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:00:00 +0000 admin 6313 at http://archive2.mrc.org