http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/6407/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nyt-bluntly-calls-mccain-accusations-against-obama-false <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> No journalistic niceties need be applied when defending Barack Obama. And do Times reporters actually watch &quot;The View&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">For "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/13/us/politics/13mccain.html?sq="rutenberg&st=cse&scp=3&pagewanted=all" " target="_self">McCain Barbs Stirring Outcry As Distortions - Backlash </a><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/13/us/politics/13mccain.html?sq="rutenberg&st=cse&scp=3&pagewanted=all" ">Focuses on 2 Attacks on Obama</a>," the Times again trained its fact-checking apparatus mostly on McCain and found his campaign unjust in its attacks on Obama, using blunt language rarely used by the paper to characterize false Democratic attacks on Republicans.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nyt-bluntly-calls-mccain-accusations-against-obama-false" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch "MichaelCooper "TheView Campaign2008 Falsehoods JimRutenberg JohnMcCain NewYorkTimes NYTimes TimesWatch TimesWatch.org Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:56:00 +0000 admin 6406 at http://archive2.mrc.org