McClatchy is the successor to the Knight Ridder papers, which was the only major news organization with an ounce of skepticism toward the Iraq War when it was being marketed. In fact, its skepticism could be measured in pounds, while the major papers were enabling the propaganda effort. Given that background, I’m not terribly surprised that they are not in the tank for McCain, but I must say this article, while 100% accurate, is just brutal, all but calling McCain a political con-man. Check out the second paragraph of this quote:
McCain’s announcement Wednesday that he wouldn’t debate until the bailout talks produced a deal was met with immediate accusations that he was trying to duck the debate to avoid questions about his recent comment that the U.S. economy was fundamentally sound, or about the global economic crisis occurring during a Republican administration.
Moreover, McCain has never been a leader in the Senate on financial policy, is not a member of the Senate Banking Committee that’s negotiating the bailout terms and had not been involved in those negotiations until Thursday, when they blew up. At McCain’s request, President Bush called McCain and Obama to the White House on Thursday to talk about the financial crisis along with congressional leaders.
This is no surprise coming from McClatchy, but journalism is breaking out all over. I haven’t watched the whole thing yet, but from the snippets I’ve seen, it looks like Katie Couric did an admirable job torpedoing Sarah Palin.
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