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CNN's Situation Room aired McCain's ad attacking Obama, but ignored McCain's own record on issues highlighted in ad
Summary: On CNN's The Situation Room, Dana Bash uncritically aired an ad by Sen. John McCain that states that Sen. Barack Obama "never held a single Senate hearing on Afghanistan. He hasn't been to Iraq in years. He voted against funding our troops -- positions that helped him win his nomination." Neither Bash nor host Wolf Blitzer noted that McCain himself "voted against funding our troops" when he voted against legislation that would have provided funds for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Posted by my4cents1172
And the narrative for the coming week is that if Obama as much as sneezes during his foreign trip, McCain wins.
Posted Friday July 18, 2008 10:26:25 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by JLyons in reply to my4cents1172
Posted Friday July 18, 2008 11:08:04 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by sr1058
Why do they have two "conservatives" (David Brooks and Ruth Marcus) on to both attack Obama and cover for McCain?
Ruth Marcus (and David Brooks and the host) followed the Karl Rove talking points by uncritically accepting the deceptive claims of the McCain ad, while failing to point out how McCain's performance is worse.
Posted Saturday July 19, 2008 12:46:14 AM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by etbizsolutions9952
*******CNN is In The Business Of "SwiffBoating" Obama, fueling Right Wing talking points constantly....!!!
I NOTICE THAT CNN's The Situation Room, Dana Bash and Wolf Blitzer on many occasion basically try to slickly "SWIFFBOAT" Obama pushing inaccurate "Right Wing" propaganda such as the "Refine" comment Obama made about is intentions with regards to Iraq and the Jessie Jackson distraction! They did it with "Bitter Gate" aswell!!
These get more play than PHIL GRAMMS MENTAL RECESSION, WINERS Comments. MENTAL and Psycological are ALL WORDS THAT McCAIN Uses Recently To Describe Our Economy and NOT BODY AT CNN CALL OUT MCBUSH on using PHIL GRAMM talking Points!!!
Posted Saturday July 19, 2008 11:52:41 AM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by tman418
Uh, no. He voted against WAR funding. Our troops will always receive a Bill Gates budget.
Posted Saturday July 19, 2008 2:49:08 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by peebs755
The "Liberal Media" stikes again. (LOL)
Posted Saturday July 19, 2008 3:50:22 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by Linda Margaret
Posted Sunday July 20, 2008 12:01:55 PM EDT / Flag this comment