John McCain Makes Stuff Up - Is The Media Afraid to Call Him on It?

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Sun Jun 15, 2008 12:12 AM EDT

Article Source: AlterNet.org

politics, mccain, media-bias, mccain-lies

Is John McCain like George W. Bush, someone who has learned that the media is hesitant to call a Republican politician a liar?

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luckydog

Somebody calling shinanigans on the straight talk express?

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1 vote

#1 - Sun Jun 15, 2008 12:15 AM EDT

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eriq samson

You have posted the copy of a story (crosspost) from Consortium news that was posted here

This is a duplicate post - all comments should be posted on that seed

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1 vote

#1.1 - Sun Jun 15, 2008 5:14 PM EDT

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USA..you Fail..

I guess I always thought that all politicians make stuff up. Hillary was a prime example, she was under sniper fire at one point.

The are all liars.

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#2 - Sun Jun 15, 2008 3:05 AM EDT

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Sally York

The MSM called Hillary on her stories, they called Obama on his, they Called Kerry on his, but lets look at this closely. They do not call Bush, Cheney, McCain or any main streem Republican on thier gaffs, why is this. Because they know that the Repubs are wrong, but they are helping feather the owners of the MSM nest so they look the other way.

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2 votes

#3 - Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:37 AM EDT

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