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All rights reserved. webmaster@world-of-newave.com (Webmaster) Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:42:42 GMT Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:42:42 GMT Newave Lisa XML Engine v1.0 - http://www.world-of-newave.info/about.htm 60 http://www.world-of-newave.info/images/wi8831.gif World-of-Newave.info - Knowledge and Informational Database http://www.world-of-newave.info/ 88 31 {ISSUES > BIAS AND BALANCE} - Dennis Miller: "[W]omen on the left hate" Palin "because to me ... it appears that she has a great sex life" http://articles.world-of-newave.info/society/issues/business/media/bias-and-balance/dennis-miller-w-omen-on-the-left-hate-palin-because-20081154714.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/society/issues/business/media/bias-and-balance/dennis-miller-w-omen-on-the-left-hate-palin-because-20081154714.htm Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:54:37 GMT As noted by Gawker.com, on the November 12 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, radio host Dennis Miller stated of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R): "I think the left hate her -- mostly women on the left hate her, because to me, from outside in, it appears that she has a great sex life." He continued, "I think she has non-neurotic sex with that Todd Palin guy. I think most of the women on the Upper East Side, their husbands haven't been aroused since [Norman] Mailer signed copy of The Executioner's Song at Rizzoli's back in the early '70s." Miller also said in reference to the Palins, "[T]hat snowmobile looks like mechanized foreplay to me, and that's why people are fascinated by it." Moments later, host Bill O'Reilly asked, "You think that because she looks like a happy, wedded mom with not so much neurosis, that these people are going, 'We have to hate her'?" Miller responded, in part: "It's like Tina Fey's movie Mean Girls. Women are mean to other women. They look at her, she looks happy, a lot of them aren't, and they're cranky about her." Later in the discussion, after Miller said that President-elect Barack Obama "ought to flatten these punks at AIG [American International Group]," O'Reilly stated, "OK, and then arrest [Rep.] Barney Frank [D-MA], correct?" As the blog Think Progress noted, Miller replied, "Barney might want to be arrested." In response, O'Reilly said, "Oh, jeez. Ugh," and shuddered. He continued, "OK, Dennis Miller, everybody. I told you to hide the kids." Before going to a commercial break, O'Reilly added, "Next up, a viewer warning -- I'm sorry I didn't give you one before Miller." From the November 12 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor: O'REILLY: Now, the Sarah Palin hysteria. I mean, can you believe she's getting more ink now than the president-elect is getting? Didn't she lose? It looks like she won. MILLER: Listen, she's a great dame. People are fascinated by her because the left hate her. I think the left hate her -- mostly women on the left hate her, because to me, from outside in, it appears that she has a great sex life. All right? I think she has non-neurotic sex with that Todd Palin guy. I think most of the women on the Upper East Side, their husbands haven't been aroused since Mailer signed copy of The Executioner's Song at Rizzoli's back in the early '70s. So they look at her, and they hate her. I think that snowmobile looks like mechanized foreplay to me, and that's why people are fascinated by it. O'REILLY: So you think that -- cutting through all of the metaphors that even I don't even understand. Rizzoli's used to be a bookstore. You think that because she looks like a happy, wedded mom with -- MILLER: Yeah. O'REILLY: -- not so much neurosis, that these people are going, "We have to hate her"? It's -- what, it's schadenfreude? Is that -- how do you say that? German? MILLER: It's called schadenfreude. O'REILLY: Schadenfreude. [unintelligible] MILLER: The Germans concocted it. It's one's vague pleasure in another's discomfort. Leave it to the Germans, by the way, to concoct an intricate glossary of pain terminology. But I think people have -- I think people have schadenfreude about her. It's like Tina Fey's movie Mean Girls. Women are mean to other women. They look at her, she looks happy, a lot of them aren't, and they're cranky about her. Plus, you know, she's still viable to me. Katie Couric is not going to be the interlocutor that turns me off Sarah Palin. For God's sakes, does anybody remember Katie Couric during her first month on the job? Bill Paley and Ed Murrow were turning over in their graves so fast that they resembled the twin screws on the Thunderball boat, the Disco Volante, when they threw it into hydrofoil mode. O'REILLY: I guess that's a James Bond reference there? MILLER: I don't even -- Billy, I have no idea. Help me. Help me, for God's sake. O'REILLY: Miller, I hate to say this, but I think you may be beyond help. I think Bordello of Blood was it. Now, you've been reassessing in the last -- in the last eight days the presidential vote. And what conclusions, Miller, have you come to? MILLER: Well, two. I'm kind of happy now that it's over. Because when they showed Grant Park that night and I saw the looks on the face of some of the black elders looking up, who had been pushed aside to lunch counters and bathrooms, and I saw that catharsis, I thought, well, I intellectualized this would be good for the country in that way. I had no idea the depth of feeling. It pleases my heart. I'm happy for them. Also, the guy looks so smart to me. I didn't believe anything he said when he was running. But now I know he's so smart that when two dim, mindless magpies like [Senate Majority Leader Harry] Reid [D-NV] and [House Speaker Nancy] Pelosi [D-CA] trundle down there to sell their tired Willy Loman wares, he's going to pay them lip service. The moment they split, he's going to look at [incoming White House chief of staff] Rahm Emanuel and go, "Sharp elbows, dull intellects. We're not listening to those cats. Do you think I worked this hard to get to this point that I'm going to parrot what those two idiots say?" So I like the fact that he's really smart. And you know something? He's my president now. And I am not going to do what the left did to Bush. I find it unbecoming. I hope that Barack Obama does so well that four years hence, I am salivating to vote for him. I want this all to work, because I love my country. At some point, I make Lee Greenwood look like the Rosenbergs. And I hope he does great. But I will not turn my back on George Bush. Today, 2,619 days since a domestic terror attack on this soil. Thank you to my commander in chief, and thank you to the troops for providing us the safety to have an election like that. O'REILLY: Absolutely. Now, how skeptical are you going to -- I think your sentiment is noble, by the way. And particularly in this dangerous economic time when people are really suffering, you've got to root for Obama to get the economy back on track and lessen suffering. But how skeptical are you going to be? And how -- and what is my watchdog role? See, I'm setting myself up to watch Barack Obama. You know, and I'm going to be fair about it. There's no doubt I'll be fair. But I'm going to very -- you know, watch him closer than I watched Bush because I didn't watch Bush close enough. I didn't. I admit it. I should have. So, how skeptical are you going to be about Obama? Are you going to bring a skepticism in from the beginning? MILLER: I'm always skeptical about guys who want to be president, because it seems like its own form of madness to me. But I'll tell you, if he wants to earn my goodwill and the goodwill of a lot of people, he ought to flatten these punks at AIG who keep taking -- these guys party. They make Caligula look like a shut-in. Enough is enough. We just gave them $150 billion. We've got to follow them around with hidden cameras. Take it all back, let them go away. It's economic Darwinism. If they want to spend like that, they should go under. Forget the parties, you guys. And I think that he ought to come down hard on them right now. O'REILLY: OK, and then arrest Barney Frank, correct? MILLER: Barney might want to be arrested. O'REILLY: Oh, jeez. Ugh. [shudders] OK, Dennis Miller, everybody. I told you to hide the kids. Next up, a viewer warning -- I'm sorry I didn't give you one before Miller. Mediamatters.Org Dennis Miller: "[W]omen on the left hate" Palin "because to me ... it appears that she has a great sex life" {new window}   Mediamatters.Org - As noted by Gawker.com, on the November 12 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, radio host Dennis Miller stated of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R): "I think the left hate her -- mostly women on the left hate her, because to me, from outside in, it appears that she has a great sex life." He continued, "I think she has non-neurotic sex with that Todd Palin guy. I think most of the women on the Upper East Side, their husbands haven't been aroused since [Norman] Mailer signed copy of The Executioner's Song at Rizzoli's back in the early '70s." Miller also said in reference to the Palins, "[T]hat snowmobile looks like mechanized foreplay to me, and that's why people are fascinated by it." Moments later, host Bill O'Reilly asked, "You think that because she looks like a happy, wedded mom with not so much neurosis, that these people are going, 'We have to hate her'?" Miller responded, in part: "It's like Tina Fey's movie Mean Girls. Women are mean to other women. They look at her, she looks happy, a lot of them aren't, and they're cranky about her." Later in the discussion, after Miller said that President-elect Barack Obama "ought to flatten these punks at AIG [American International Group]," O'Reilly stated, "OK, and then arrest [Rep.] Barney Frank [D-MA], correct?" As the blog Think Progress noted, Miller replied, "Barney might want to be arrested." In response, O'Reilly said, "Oh, jeez. Ugh," and shuddered. He continued, "OK, Dennis Miller, everybody. I told you to hide the kids." Before going to a commercial break, O'Reilly added, "Next up, a viewer warning -- I'm sorry I didn't give you one before Miller." From the November 12 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor: O'REILLY: Now, the Sarah Palin hysteria. I mean, can you believe she's getting more ink now than the president-elect is getting? Didn't she lose? It looks like she won. MILLER: Listen, she's a great dame. People are fascinated by her because the left hate her. I think the left hate her -- mostly women on the left hate her, because to me, from outside in, it appears that she has a great sex life. All right? I think she has non-neurotic sex with that Todd Palin guy. I think most of the women on the Upper East Side, their husbands haven't been aroused since Mailer signed copy of The Executioner's Song at Rizzoli's back in the early '70s. So they look at her, and they hate her. I think that snowmobile looks like mechanized foreplay to me, and that's why people are fascinated by it. O'REILLY: So you think that -- cutting through all of the metaphors that even I don't even understand. Rizzoli's used to be a bookstore. You think that because she looks like a happy, wedded mom with -- MILLER: Yeah. O'REILLY: -- not so much neurosis, that these people are going, "We have to hate her"? It's -- what, it's schadenfreude? Is that -- how do you say that? German? MILLER: It's called schadenfreude. O'REILLY: Schadenfreude. [unintelligible] MILLER: The Germans concocted it. It's one's vague pleasure in another's discomfort. Leave it to the Germans, by the way, to concoct an intricate glossary of pain terminology. But I think people have -- I think people have schadenfreude about her. It's like Tina Fey's movie Mean Girls. Women are mean to other women. They look at her, she looks happy, a lot of them aren't, and they're cranky about her. Plus, you know, she's still viable to me. Katie Couric is not going to be the interlocutor that turns me off Sarah Palin. For God's sakes, does anybody remember Katie Couric during her first month on the job? Bill Paley and Ed Murrow were turning over in their graves so fast that they resembled the twin screws on the Thunderball boat, the Disco Volante, when they threw it into hydrofoil mode. O'REILLY: I guess that's a James Bond reference there? MILLER: I don't even -- Billy, I have no idea. Help me. Help me, for God's sake. O'REILLY: Miller, I hate to say this, but I think you may be beyond help. I think Bordello of Blood was it. Now, you've been reassessing in the last -- in the last eight days the presidential vote. And what conclusions, Miller, have you come to? MILLER: Well, two. I'm kind of happy now that it's over. Because when they showed Grant Park that night and I saw the looks on the face of some of the black elders looking up, who had been pushed aside to lunch counters and bathrooms, and I saw that catharsis, I thought, well, I intellectualized this would be good for the country in that way. I had no idea the depth of feeling. It pleases my heart. I'm happy for them. Also, the guy looks so smart to me. I didn't believe anything he said when he was running. But now I know he's so smart that when two dim, mindless magpies like [Senate Majority Leader Harry] Reid [D-NV] and [House Speaker Nancy] Pelosi [D-CA] trundle down there to sell their tired Willy Loman wares, he's going to pay them lip service. The moment they split, he's going to look at [incoming White House chief of staff] Rahm Emanuel and go, "Sharp elbows, dull intellects. We're not listening to those cats. Do you think I worked this hard to get to this point that I'm going to parrot what those two idiots say?" So I like the fact that he's really smart. And you know something? He's my president now. And I am not going to do what the left did to Bush. I find it unbecoming. I hope that Barack Obama does so well that four years hence, I am salivating to vote for him. I want this all to work, because I love my country. At some point, I make Lee Greenwood look like the Rosenbergs. And I hope he does great. But I will not turn my back on George Bush. Today, 2,619 days since a domestic terror attack on this soil. Thank you to my commander in chief, and thank you to the troops for providing us the safety to have an election like that. O'REILLY: Absolutely. Now, how skeptical are you going to -- I think your sentiment is noble, by the way. And particularly in this dangerous economic time when people are really suffering, you've got to root for Obama to get the economy back on track and lessen suffering. But how skeptical are you going to be? And how -- and what is my watchdog role? See, I'm setting myself up to watch Barack Obama. You know, and I'm going to be fair about it. There's no doubt I'll be fair. But I'm going to very -- you know, watch him closer than I watched Bush because I didn't watch Bush close enough. I didn't. I admit it. I should have. So, how skeptical are you going to be about Obama? Are you going to bring a skepticism in from the beginning? MILLER: I'm always skeptical about guys who want to be president, because it seems like its own form of madness to me. But I'll tell you, if he wants to earn my goodwill and the goodwill of a lot of people, he ought to flatten these punks at AIG who keep taking -- these guys party. They make Caligula look like a shut-in. Enough is enough. We just gave them $150 billion. We've got to follow them around with hidden cameras. Take it all back, let them go away. It's economic Darwinism. If they want to spend like that, they should go under. Forget the parties, you guys. And I think that he ought to come down hard on them right now. O'REILLY: OK, and then arrest Barney Frank, correct? MILLER: Barney might want to be arrested. O'REILLY: Oh, jeez. Ugh. [shudders] OK, Dennis Miller, everybody. I told you to hide the kids. Next up, a viewer warning -- I'm sorry I didn't give you one before Miller.
Media Matters - Dennis Miller: "[W]omen on the left hate" Palin "because to me ... it appears that she has a great sex life" {...} On The O'Reilly Factor , Dennis Miller stated of Gov. Sarah Palin: "[M]ostly women on the left hate her, because to me, from outside in, it appears that she has a great sex life." He continued, "I think she has non-neurotic sex with that Todd Palin guy. I think most of the women on the Upper East Side, their husbands haven't been aroused since Mailer signed copy of The Executioner's Song at Rizzoli's back in the early '70s." {...}
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]]> Society > Issues > Business > Media > Bias and Balance {EUROPE > NEWS AND MEDIA} - Michael Tomasky on the key moments of the US election http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/michael-tomasky-on-the-key-moments-of-the-us-election-20081160010.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/michael-tomasky-on-the-key-moments-of-the-us-election-20081160010.htm Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:04:57 GMT One of the most famous New Yorker cartoons of all time shows two men in 19th-century garb, one sitting behind a desk and clearly a boss of some sort, the other in the boss's guest chair leaning anxiously forward. The boss is speaking. Caption: "I wish you would make up your mind, Mr Dickens. Was it the best of times or was it the worst of times? It could scarcely have been both."The cartoon is memorable because it skewers the pedantry behind the demand for neat categories. Life, as Dickens suggested, is always both. And so is politics. Without further ado then, some nominees for the best and worst of the campaign just concluded.Best speechOthers may be better known, but Barack Obama's thunderous oration at the Iowa Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner on November 10 2007 was a turning point. He was stuck in neutral, and Hillary Clinton looked inevitable. Then he tore the roof off the place. Remember, if he'd lost the Iowa caucuses, he may well have been forced out of the contest. The momentum that led to his Iowa victory began that night.Worst pre-campaign political decision with the benefit of hindsightHillary Clinton's vote for the Iraq war. She couldn't have known how badly the war would go of course. But if she'd voted against it, it's entirely possible that Obama never even would have run in the first place. Being the only top-level candidate against the war was his chief selling point to Democratic primary voters. Worst candidate Many conservatives predicted that Republican Fred Thompson would unite the party and be the answer to their prayers when he entered the race in mid-2007. Instead he always looked like he was wondering "God, when will this be over?" He once even refused to don a firefighter's hat for a photo-op, saying "I've got a silly hat rule." Earth to Fred: hats that people wear when saving little children from fiery deaths aren't "silly".Worst campaignEasy. Rudy Giuliani's (pictured left), specifically his decision to skip the first four GOP primary contests. You know - the ones that mattered. Best Clinton moment Hillary's New Hampshire comeback. Not only the famous crying episode, but the moment when she "found my own voice". Worst Clinton moment Hillary's gaffe when she said she had come under sniper fire when arriving in the Bosnian city of Tuzla? Nah. Hillary saying she and McCain had commander-in-chief credentials while Obama had "a speech he made in 2002"? Getting warmer. But I choose Bill's comparison of Obama's South Carolina win to Jesse Jackson's wins in the state in the 1980s. Both Clintons did their part against John McCain, but the Big Dog's primary season comportment isn't completely forgiven or forgotten.Worst Obama momentIn a New Hampshire debate, saying snidely to Hillary: "You're likeable enough." Cringe-inducing. He'd better keep that arrogant streak bottled up for four years.Worst press conference The controversial preacher Jeremiah Wright's preening appearance at the National Press Club, April 28 2008. The lowlight: the head of the Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan, "is one of the most important voices in the 20th and 21st century". Thanks a lot, Jer.Best "Man, thank God that guy didn't win the primary" momentAugust 8, when John Edwards finally acknowledged his extramarital affair with Rielle Hunter - conducted while his wife had cancer. His career is over. Silver lining: not everyone has a 29,000 sq ft house (2,700 m2) to go home to.Worst McCain lieAmid stiff competition, the nod goes to the television spot in which he accused Obama of cancelling a visit to American troops in Germany because he couldn't take cameras in to capture the moment. Completely false, as he almost had to know at the time, and a particularly toxic allegation.Best Sarah Palin moment Her convention speech. Like her or not, it was a rip-snorter. Remember when Democrats were nervous that she might actually be an asset to the Republican ticket?Worst Sarah Palin moment Well ... golly, let's see. The shopping spree? Not quite, because the damage had largely already been done by then. Clearly, the winner here is the interview with Katie Couric. It killed her. And as for the worst Palin micro-moment within the worst Palin moment, I'd have to go with the fact that she couldn't name a single supreme court decision in the entire history of the country besides the abortion decision Roe v Wade. This was of course before we learned that she didn't know what countries constitute North America.Best classic Joe Biden moment His remark in late October that Obama would be "tested" in his first six months in office by hostile world leaders was clearly his most off-message remark of the campaign. But Biden showed pretty good discipline - for Biden - through most of the campaign. And he probably did help in Pennsylvania, where Obama rolled.Best debate momentObama's wins in the debates weren't so much about moments as they were steadiness and consistency. But forced to choose one parry I'll take this one, from the first debate: "John, you like to pretend the war started in 2007 ... The war started in 2003. And at the time, when the war started, you said it was going to be quick and easy."Worst debate momentEasy. Second debate. McCain. "That one!" Nuff said. Worst strategic decision McCain's suspension of his campaign after the financial crisis hit. It was a bid to look serious, but it looked gimmicky. Obama's more sure-footed response to the meltdown is probably what won him the election more than any other single factor.Best John McCain momentHis speech at the Al Smith Dinner in New York, October 17, where he was both funnier and more gracious than Obama was in his remarks. "Whatever the outcome next month," McCain said, "Senator Obama has achieved a great thing for himself and for his country and I congratulate him." Where was this guy the rest of the time?Worst Joe the Plumber moment His attempt in an interview to defend his belief that Obama's election would mean the death of Israel. The television anchor was aghast and said: "Man. Some things - it just gets frightening sometimes." And this was on Fox News, folks!Best moment for America and the worldElection night. Best upcoming airplane ride to look forward to Next January 20, when George W Bush takes his last trip on Air Force One, back to Texas.US elections 2008Barack ObamaJohn McCainSarah PalinJoe BidenUnited Statesguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds Guardian.Co.Uk Michael Tomasky on the key moments of the US election {new window}   Www.Guardian.Co.Uk - One of the most famous New Yorker cartoons of all time shows two men in 19th-century garb, one sitting behind a desk and clearly a boss of some sort, the other in the boss's guest chair leaning anxiously forward. The boss is speaking. Caption: "I wish you would make up your mind, Mr Dickens. Was it the best of times or was it the worst of times? It could scarcely have been both."The cartoon is memorable because it skewers the pedantry behind the demand for neat categories. Life, as Dickens suggested, is always both. And so is politics. Without further ado then, some nominees for the best and worst of the campaign just concluded.Best speechOthers may be better known, but Barack Obama's thunderous oration at the Iowa Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner on November 10 2007 was a turning point. He was stuck in neutral, and Hillary Clinton looked inevitable. Then he tore the roof off the place. Remember, if he'd lost the Iowa caucuses, he may well have been forced out of the contest. The momentum that led to his Iowa victory began that night.Worst pre-campaign political decision with the benefit of hindsightHillary Clinton's vote for the Iraq war. She couldn't have known how badly the war would go of course. But if she'd voted against it, it's entirely possible that Obama never even would have run in the first place. Being the only top-level candidate against the war was his chief selling point to Democratic primary voters. Worst candidate Many conservatives predicted that Republican Fred Thompson would unite the party and be the answer to their prayers when he entered the race in mid-2007. Instead he always looked like he was wondering "God, when will this be over?" He once even refused to don a firefighter's hat for a photo-op, saying "I've got a silly hat rule." Earth to Fred: hats that people wear when saving little children from fiery deaths aren't "silly".Worst campaignEasy. Rudy Giuliani's (pictured left), specifically his decision to skip the first four GOP primary contests. You know - the ones that mattered. Best Clinton moment Hillary's New Hampshire comeback. Not only the famous crying episode, but the moment when she "found my own voice". Worst Clinton moment Hillary's gaffe when she said she had come under sniper fire when arriving in the Bosnian city of Tuzla? Nah. Hillary saying she and McCain had commander-in-chief credentials while Obama had "a speech he made in 2002"? Getting warmer. But I choose Bill's comparison of Obama's South Carolina win to Jesse Jackson's wins in the state in the 1980s. Both Clintons did their part against John McCain, but the Big Dog's primary season comportment isn't completely forgiven or forgotten.Worst Obama momentIn a New Hampshire debate, saying snidely to Hillary: "You're likeable enough." Cringe-inducing. He'd better keep that arrogant streak bottled up for four years.Worst press conference The controversial preacher Jeremiah Wright's preening appearance at the National Press Club, April 28 2008. The lowlight: the head of the Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan, "is one of the most important voices in the 20th and 21st century". Thanks a lot, Jer.Best "Man, thank God that guy didn't win the primary" momentAugust 8, when John Edwards finally acknowledged his extramarital affair with Rielle Hunter - conducted while his wife had cancer. His career is over. Silver lining: not everyone has a 29,000 sq ft house (2,700 m2) to go home to.Worst McCain lieAmid stiff competition, the nod goes to the television spot in which he accused Obama of cancelling a visit to American troops in Germany because he couldn't take cameras in to capture the moment. Completely false, as he almost had to know at the time, and a particularly toxic allegation.Best Sarah Palin moment Her convention speech. Like her or not, it was a rip-snorter. Remember when Democrats were nervous that she might actually be an asset to the Republican ticket?Worst Sarah Palin moment Well ... golly, let's see. The shopping spree? Not quite, because the damage had largely already been done by then. Clearly, the winner here is the interview with Katie Couric. It killed her. And as for the worst Palin micro-moment within the worst Palin moment, I'd have to go with the fact that she couldn't name a single supreme court decision in the entire history of the country besides the abortion decision Roe v Wade. This was of course before we learned that she didn't know what countries constitute North America.Best classic Joe Biden moment His remark in late October that Obama would be "tested" in his first six months in office by hostile world leaders was clearly his most off-message remark of the campaign. But Biden showed pretty good discipline - for Biden - through most of the campaign. And he probably did help in Pennsylvania, where Obama rolled.Best debate momentObama's wins in the debates weren't so much about moments as they were steadiness and consistency. But forced to choose one parry I'll take this one, from the first debate: "John, you like to pretend the war started in 2007 ... The war started in 2003. And at the time, when the war started, you said it was going to be quick and easy."Worst debate momentEasy. Second debate. McCain. "That one!" Nuff said. Worst strategic decision McCain's suspension of his campaign after the financial crisis hit. It was a bid to look serious, but it looked gimmicky. Obama's more sure-footed response to the meltdown is probably what won him the election more than any other single factor.Best John McCain momentHis speech at the Al Smith Dinner in New York, October 17, where he was both funnier and more gracious than Obama was in his remarks. "Whatever the outcome next month," McCain said, "Senator Obama has achieved a great thing for himself and for his country and I congratulate him." Where was this guy the rest of the time?Worst Joe the Plumber moment His attempt in an interview to defend his belief that Obama's election would mean the death of Israel. The television anchor was aghast and said: "Man. Some things - it just gets frightening sometimes." And this was on Fox News, folks!Best moment for America and the worldElection night. Best upcoming airplane ride to look forward to Next January 20, when George W Bush takes his last trip on Air Force One, back to Texas.US elections 2008Barack ObamaJohn McCainSarah PalinJoe BidenUnited Statesguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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]]> Regional > Europe > United Kingdom > News and Media {ISSUES > BIAS AND BALANCE} - ABC's Tapper quoted Boehner's criticism of Emanuel, ignored Graham's praise http://articles.world-of-newave.info/society/issues/business/media/bias-and-balance/abc-s-tapper-quoted-boehner-s-criticism-of-emanuel-2008111787.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/society/issues/business/media/bias-and-balance/abc-s-tapper-quoted-boehner-s-criticism-of-emanuel-2008111787.htm Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:11:31 GMT During the November 6 broadcast of ABC's World News, senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper reported that the appointment of Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) as President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff "prompted criticism from some Republicans." Tapper then quoted House Minority Leader John Boehner's (R-OH) statement that Emanuel "is an ironic choice for a president-elect who has promised to change Washington, make politics more civil, and govern from the center." However, Tapper did not note that former McCain campaign co-chair Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) praised Emanuel as "a wise choice," saying Emanuel "understands the need to work together." In a November 6 statement, Graham said of Emanuel's appointment: "This is a wise choice by President-elect Obama. "Rahm knows Capitol Hill and has great political skills. He can be a tough partisan but also understands the need to work together. He is well-suited for the position of White House Chief of Staff. "I worked closely with him during the presidential debate negotiations which were completed in record time. When we hit a rough spot, he always looked for a path forward. I consider Rahm to be a friend and colleague. He's tough but fair. Honest, direct, and candid. These qualities will serve President-elect Obama well. "Rahm understands the challenges facing our nation and will, consistent with the agenda set by President-elect Obama, work to find common ground where it exists. I look forward to working with him in his new position and will continue to do everything I can to help find a pathway forward on the difficult problems facing our nation." In contrast to Tapper, during the November 6 broadcast of the CBS Evening News, chief White House correspondent Jim Axelrod reported both Boehner's and Graham's reactions. From the November 6 broadcast of ABC's World News with Charles Gibson: CHARLES GIBSON (anchor): Jake Tapper is again in Chicago tonight. Jake, good evening. TAPPER: Good evening, Charlie. Well, President-elect Obama and Michelle Obama will head to the White House on Monday to visit with President and first lady Bush. But until then, President-elect Obama is focused on building his White House. And today, he made his first official hire: White House chief of staff. [begin video clip] TAPPER: This morning, Illinois Congressman Rahm Emanuel told President-elect Obama he would leave his successful career in the House to be in Obama's White House. EMANUEL: My parents are alive to see their middle son have a choice in his career between being a congressman and being the chief of staff to a historic presidency at a historic time. TAPPER: But the appointment of the sharp-tongued veteran of the Clinton White House has already prompted criticism from some Republicans. House Republican Leader John Boehner today charged Emanuel, quote, "is an ironic choice for a president-elect who has promised to change Washington, make politics more civil, and govern from the center." Also likely coming on board: senior campaign adviser Robert Gibbs as White House press secretary and political guru David Axelrod as a senior adviser. From the November 6 broadcast of the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric: AXELROD: Having once sent a dead fish to a political consultant he was angry with, Emanuel is comfortable as an enforcer. He'll also be counted on to reach out to Republicans. While his appointment drew quick criticism from the top Republican in the House, John Boehner -- "This is an ironic choice for a president-elect who has promised to change Washington" -- the reaction of Republican senator and top McCain supporter Lindsey Graham -- "a wise choice. ... Emanuel understands the need to work together" -- is a hopeful sign for Obama. And Emanuel sent his own message to Republicans today, saying, "We often disagree, but I respect their motives. Now is a time for unity. I will do everything in my power to help you stitch together the frayed fabric of our politics." Mediamatters.Org ABC's Tapper quoted Boehner's criticism of Emanuel, ignored Graham's praise {new window}   Mediamatters.Org - During the November 6 broadcast of ABC's World News, senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper reported that the appointment of Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) as President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff "prompted criticism from some Republicans." Tapper then quoted House Minority Leader John Boehner's (R-OH) statement that Emanuel "is an ironic choice for a president-elect who has promised to change Washington, make politics more civil, and govern from the center." However, Tapper did not note that former McCain campaign co-chair Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) praised Emanuel as "a wise choice," saying Emanuel "understands the need to work together." In a November 6 statement, Graham said of Emanuel's appointment: "This is a wise choice by President-elect Obama. "Rahm knows Capitol Hill and has great political skills. He can be a tough partisan but also understands the need to work together. He is well-suited for the position of White House Chief of Staff. "I worked closely with him during the presidential debate negotiations which were completed in record time. When we hit a rough spot, he always looked for a path forward. I consider Rahm to be a friend and colleague. He's tough but fair. Honest, direct, and candid. These qualities will serve President-elect Obama well. "Rahm understands the challenges facing our nation and will, consistent with the agenda set by President-elect Obama, work to find common ground where it exists. I look forward to working with him in his new position and will continue to do everything I can to help find a pathway forward on the difficult problems facing our nation." In contrast to Tapper, during the November 6 broadcast of the CBS Evening News, chief White House correspondent Jim Axelrod reported both Boehner's and Graham's reactions. From the November 6 broadcast of ABC's World News with Charles Gibson: CHARLES GIBSON (anchor): Jake Tapper is again in Chicago tonight. Jake, good evening. TAPPER: Good evening, Charlie. Well, President-elect Obama and Michelle Obama will head to the White House on Monday to visit with President and first lady Bush. But until then, President-elect Obama is focused on building his White House. And today, he made his first official hire: White House chief of staff. [begin video clip] TAPPER: This morning, Illinois Congressman Rahm Emanuel told President-elect Obama he would leave his successful career in the House to be in Obama's White House. EMANUEL: My parents are alive to see their middle son have a choice in his career between being a congressman and being the chief of staff to a historic presidency at a historic time. TAPPER: But the appointment of the sharp-tongued veteran of the Clinton White House has already prompted criticism from some Republicans. House Republican Leader John Boehner today charged Emanuel, quote, "is an ironic choice for a president-elect who has promised to change Washington, make politics more civil, and govern from the center." Also likely coming on board: senior campaign adviser Robert Gibbs as White House press secretary and political guru David Axelrod as a senior adviser. From the November 6 broadcast of the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric: AXELROD: Having once sent a dead fish to a political consultant he was angry with, Emanuel is comfortable as an enforcer. He'll also be counted on to reach out to Republicans. While his appointment drew quick criticism from the top Republican in the House, John Boehner -- "This is an ironic choice for a president-elect who has promised to change Washington" -- the reaction of Republican senator and top McCain supporter Lindsey Graham -- "a wise choice. ... Emanuel understands the need to work together" -- is a hopeful sign for Obama. And Emanuel sent his own message to Republicans today, saying, "We often disagree, but I respect their motives. Now is a time for unity. I will do everything in my power to help you stitch together the frayed fabric of our politics."
Media Matters - ABC's Tapper quoted Boehner's criticism of Emanuel, ignored Graham's praise {...} On World News , Jake Tapper quoted House Minority Leader John Boehner's statement that Rep. Rahm Emanuel, who has agreed to be President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff, "is an ironic choice for a president-elect who has promised to change Washington, make politics more civil, and govern from the center." However, Tapper did not note that Sen. Lindsey Graham praised Emanuel as "a wise choice," saying Emanuel "understands the need to work together." {...}
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]]> Society > Issues > Business > Media > Bias and Balance {ISSUES > BIAS AND BALANCE} - Media continue to uncritically report McCain campaign attacks on their coverage, but case studies still show disparate coverage in McCain's favor http://articles.world-of-newave.info/society/issues/business/media/bias-and-balance/media-continue-to-uncritically-report-mccain-campaign-2008111198.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/society/issues/business/media/bias-and-balance/media-continue-to-uncritically-report-mccain-campaign-2008111198.htm Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:25:10 GMT Throughout the 2008 general election campaign, the media uncritically reported complaints by Sen. John McCain's campaign that they favored his opponent in their coverage of the presidential race, while making little attempt to assess the accuracy of those complaints or to confirm or refute them. In September, Media Matters for America undertook a review of the media's coverage of two stories negatively affecting or reflecting on Sen. Barack Obama and two stories negatively affecting or reflecting on McCain and compared the extent of media attention to each. Media Matters has since updated that review through Election Day, November 4. Specifically, Media Matters compared the media's coverage of Obama's association with Chicago developer Antoin Rezko to the media's coverage of McCain's associations with donors for whom McCain reportedly facilitated land deals. Media Matters also compared coverage of Obama's association with former Weather Underground member Bill Ayers to coverage of McCain's association with G. Gordon Liddy, whom Chicago Tribune columnist Steve Chapman has described as McCain's "own Bill Ayers." Media Matters found that while the five major newspapers -- the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post -- frequently mentioned Obama's ties to Ayers and Rezko, they rarely mentioned McCain's reported facilitation of land deals that benefited donors, and they almost completely ignored McCain's association with Liddy. In addition, the three evening network news broadcasts mentioned Obama's ties to Ayers and Rezko several times, but never reported on McCain's reported facilitation of land deals that benefited donors or his association with Liddy. Indeed, since The New York Times first reported on April 22 that McCain facilitated land deals that benefited major donors, these media outlets mentioned such deals in only five additional reports and one editorial. By contrast, those media outlets mentioned Obama's ties to Rezko -- who was convicted in June in a case in which Obama was never accused of any wrongdoing -- in 76 network evening news broadcasts, news reports, editorial, or opinion pieces during that same time period. Moreover, while these same media outlets mentioned Obama's ties to Ayers 311 times in 2008 through Election Day, they produced only five reports mentioning McCain's connections to Liddy, whom McCain has praised and repeatedly associated with in public and in campaign settings. Following Media Matters' September report -- which found that those media outlets had yet to cover McCain's relationship with Liddy -- there was some media attention on that association. However, the broadcast networks continued to ignore the association on their evening news programs, and, with the exception of a single Washington Post column by Richard Cohen, mentions in the five major papers were limited to six articles noting that CBS host David Letterman had asked McCain about his association with Liddy. Media Matters has previously noted McCain's ties to Liddy. Liddy served four and a half years in prison in connection with his conviction for his role in the Watergate break-in and the break-in at the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the military analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers. Liddy has acknowledged preparing to kill someone during the Ellsberg break-in "if necessary"; plotting to kill journalist Jack Anderson; plotting with a "gangland figure" to kill Howard Hunt to stop him from cooperating with investigators; plotting to firebomb the Brookings Institution; and plotting to kidnap "leftist guerillas" at the 1972 Republican National Convention -- a plan he outlined to the Nixon administration using terminology borrowed from the Nazis. (The murder, firebombing, and kidnapping plots were never carried out; the break-ins were.) Media Matters previously conducted a review of articles in The Washington Post and The New York Times comparing coverage of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. with coverage of televangelist James Hagee, a McCain supporter who has made numerous controversial comments. Media Matters found that, from February 27, the date Hagee endorsed McCain for president, to April 30, the two papers combined published more than 12 times as many articles mentioning Wright and Obama as they did mentioning Hagee and McCain. Media Matters also documented (here, here, here, here, and here) other examples of the disparity between the media's extensive coverage of controversial comments made by Wright and other supporters of Obama and their coverage of controversial comments by Hagee and other supporters of McCain. McCain and land deals vs. Obama and Rezko McCain has reportedly facilitated several land deals that benefited wealthy developers who were major McCain donors. But while several major newspapers published initial articles concerning those deals, the media have devoted far less attention to McCain's involvement in land deals than they have paid to Obama's ties to Rezko. According to a Media Matters search of the Nexis and Factiva databases, since The New York Times' initial April 22 article, the land deals were mentioned in only six additional news articles, editorials, or opinion pieces in the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, or The Washington Post, and were not mentioned on any evening network news program through Election Day. By contrast, during that same time period, 71 news articles, editorials, or opinion pieces in those papers have collectively mentioned Obama and Rezko; the evening news broadcasts have collectively mentioned Obama and Rezko in five reports. Specifically: The Los Angeles Times published one news article that mentioned McCain-facilitated land deals, compared with nine news articles mentioning Obama's association with Rezko. The New York Times published its original April 22 news article and one editorial that mentioned McCain-facilitated land deals, compared with 16 news articles and two opinion pieces mentioning Obama's association with Rezko. USA Today published one news article that mentioned McCain-facilitated land deals, compared with three news articles mentioning Obama's association with Rezko. The Wall Street Journal did not publish a news article, editorial, or opinion piece that mentioned McCain-facilitated land deals, but published six news articles and nine editorials or opinion pieces mentioning Obama's association with Rezko. The Washington Post published three news articles that mentioned McCain-facilitated land deals, compared with 20 news articles and six editorials or opinion pieces mentioning Obama's association with Rezko. ABC's World News did not air a report that mentioned McCain-facilitated land deals, but aired three reports mentioning Obama's association with Rezko. The CBS Evening News did not air a report that mentioned McCain-facilitated land deals, but aired one report mentioning Obama's association with Rezko. NBC's Nightly News did not air a report that mentioned McCain-facilitated land deals, but aired one report mentioning Obama's association with Rezko. In its April 22 article, headlined "A Developer, His Deals and His Ties to McCain," The New York Times examined McCain's relationship with Arizona developer Donald R. Diamond, reporting that McCain "sponsored two laws sought by Mr. Diamond that resulted in providing him millions of dollars and thousands of acres in exchange for adding some of his properties to national parks." The article described Diamond as "one of the elite fund-raisers Mr. McCain's current presidential campaign calls Innovators, having raised more than $250,000 so far." In a May 9 article, headlined "McCain Pushed Land Swap That Benefits Backer," The Washington Post reported that McCain "championed legislation that will let an Arizona rancher trade remote grassland and ponderosa pine forest here for acres of valuable federally owned property that is ready for development, a land swap that now stands to directly benefit one of his top presidential campaign fundraisers." The Post identified the "Arizona rancher" as SunCor Development president Steven A. Betts, and described him as "a longtime McCain supporter who has raised more than $100,000 for the presumptive Republican nominee." In a May 19 article, USA Today reported that McCain also "inserted $14.3 million in a 2003 defense bill to buy land around Luke Air Force Base in a provision sought by SunCor Development." The article further noted that "McCain's campaigns have received $224,000 since 1998 from donors connected to [SunCor Development parent company] Pinnacle West, including $104,100 for his current presidential run" and that Pinnacle West's CEO, vice president and lobbyist, and former president, in addition to Betts, are all McCain fundraisers. In an October 27 article, headlined "McCain pushed regulators for land swap, despite pledge," McClatchy Newspapers reported that "[y]ears after he resurrected his political fortunes from the Keating Five savings and loan investigation, John McCain promoted an Arizona land swap that would've benefited a former mentor and partner of the scandal's central figure": The owners of the Spur Cross Ranch, a dramatic 2,154-acre tract of Sonoran desert just north of Phoenix, in the late 1990s sought to sell it to a developer who planned to build a premier golf course surrounded by 390 luxury homes. Nearby residents and environmentalists, however, wanted to preserve the area's unusual cacti, stone formations and hundreds of Hopi Indian tribal artifacts. After opposition surfaced, the developer sought McCain's help in forging a land swap with the U.S. Forest Service -- a deal that also would benefit the owners of the ranch, including a company controlled by billionaire Carl H. Lindner Jr., an associate of S&L chief Charles H. Keating. McCain and an aide pushed for the exchange in more than a half dozen sometimes-testy letters and phone calls up and down the Forest Service's hierarchy, according to former agency officials and correspondence. McCain's office even circulated draft legislation that would have overridden the agency's objection to surrendering national forest land. Ultimately, the deal fell apart. McCain's behind-the-scenes maneuvering on Spur Cross contrasts with his image as a congressional ethics champion and his pledge -- made after the Keating scandal in 1991 sullied his reputation -- never to intervene with regulators again. McClatchy further reported that "the 89-year-old Lindner and his son, Carl H. Lindner III, have raised more than $300,000 for McCain's presidential campaign." McCain and Liddy vs. Obama and Ayers According to a Media Matters search of the Nexis and Factiva databases, between January 1 and Election Day, the five major newspapers, as well as the network evening news broadcasts, collectively broadcast or published 311 news reports, editorials, and opinion pieces mentioning Obama's relationship with Ayers. By contrast, over the same period, the five major newspapers produced six articles and one opinion piece mentioning McCain's association with Liddy; the evening news broadcasts did not mention that relationship at all. All six news articles were reports on McCain's appearance on the October 16 edition of CBS' Late Show with David Letterman, during which Letterman questioned McCain about his association with Liddy. Specifically: The Los Angeles Times published two news articles that mentioned McCain's ties to Liddy, compared with 46 news articles and 13 editorials or opinion pieces mentioning Obama's association with Ayers. The New York Times published one news article that mentioned McCain's ties to Liddy, compared with 60 news articles and 16 editorials or opinion pieces mentioning Obama's association with Ayers. USA Today published one news article that mentioned McCain's ties to Liddy, compared with 11 news articles and seven editorials or opinion pieces mentioning Obama's association with Ayers. The Wall Street Journal did not publish a news article, editorial, or opinion piece that mentioned McCain's ties to Liddy, but published 14 news articles and 26 editorials or opinion pieces mentioning Obama's association with Ayers. The Washington Post published two news articles and one opinion piece that mentioned McCain's ties to Liddy, compared with 58 news articles and 35 editorials or opinion pieces mentioning Obama's association with Ayers. ABC's World News did not air a report that mentioned McCain's ties to Liddy, but aired nine reports mentioning Obama's association with Ayers. The CBS Evening News did not air a report that mentioned McCain's ties to Liddy, but aired eight reports mentioning Obama's association with Ayers. NBC's Nightly News did not air a report that mentioned McCain's ties to Liddy, but aired eight reports mentioning Obama's association with Ayers. The Tribune's Chapman wrote in a May 4 column, "[B]ack in the 1970s, [Liddy] extolled violence and committed crimes in the name of a radical ideology." Writing that "Liddy's penchant for extreme solutions has not abated," Chapman went on to note that, in 1994, Liddy "gave some advice to his listeners" on how to shoot ATF officials. Chapman further wrote that "[f]ar from repudiating him [Liddy], McCain has embraced him." In an August 22 blog post about an Americans Issues Project ad about Obama's association with Ayers, Chapman wrote: "If Obama needs to answer questions about Ayers, McCain has the same obligation regarding Liddy. How about they both get started?" Nevertheless, in a 2,140-word October 4 front-page article about Obama's association with Ayers, The New York Times quoted Chapman denouncing Obama's association with Ayers but did not note that Chapman's statement that "[i]f Obama needs to answer questions about Ayers, McCain has the same obligation regarding Liddy." In an October 7 blog post citing the Times article, Chapman wrote: "While Obama has gotten lots of scrutiny for his connection to Ayers, McCain has never had to explain his association with Liddy. If he can't defend it, he should admit as much. And if he thinks he can defend it, let him." During his October 16 interview with Letterman, McCain said of Liddy: "You say I know Gordon Liddy. I -- he paid his debt. He went to prison. He paid his debt, as people do. I'm not in any way embarrassed to know Gordon Liddy, and his son who is also a good friend and supporter of mine." Rezko coverage From April 22 to November 4, 76 combined network evening news broadcasts and news, editorials, or opinion pieces covered or mentioned Obama's ties to Rezko: Los Angeles Times (9) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. Judge delays sentencing for Rezko 10/9/08 N Prosecutors delay Rezko sentencing 10/7/08 N McCain, Obama introduce newly sharp tone amid major news events 10/7/08 N Barack Obama accuses Republicans of distracting voters from the economy 10/6/08 N Hiding Sarah Palin behind 'deference' 9/9/08 N Barack Obama: Search for identity 8/28/08 N McCain out of touch if he's lost count of his homes, Obama says 8/22/08 N Rezko closing arguments begin 5/13/08 N Antoin Rezko won't take the stand in his fraud trial 5/6/08 N The New York Times (18) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. Barack Obama, Forever Sizing Up 10/25/08 N G.O.P. Opens Wallet for Ads 10/14/08 N Attacking Obama's Associations 10/10/08 N McCain Excites Crowds With Criticism of Obama 10/8/08 N Seeking to Shift Attention to Judicial Nominees 10/6/08 N Political Scorekeeping 10/4/08 E Lawmakers in Illinois Make Ethics Top Priority 9/24/08 N Pinpoint Attacks Focus on Obama 9/23/08 N Obama's Chicago, in McCain's Eyes 9/23/08 N Obama Carries Uneven Record as Debater to First Contest With McCain 9/22/08 N Obama and McCain Seek a Common Touch 8/21/08 N UNIONS UNITED; Hitting McCain Where He Lives 8/19/08 N Ex-Obama Fund-Raiser Is Convicted Of Fraud 6/5/08 N Corruption Case Taints Rising Political Star 5/12/08 N Pragmatic Politics, Forged on the South Side 5/11/08 N Republicans Focus on Obama as Fall Opponent 5/8/08 N How McCain Lost in Pennsylvania 4/27/08 E Ex-Official in Illinois Admits Lying About Job for Donation 4/23/08 N USA Today (3) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. Fundraisers linked to corruption cases 10/16/08 N McCain ad: Clinton's 'truth hurt' 8/24/08 N Obama slams McCain's inability to count family residences 8/21/08 N The Wall Street Journal (15) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. Leap of Hope 11/3/08 E The Chicago Boys 10/31/08 E The Tax Argument Still Works 10/23/08 E A McCain Comeback May Rely On Feeling the Nation's Anger 10/7/08 E Politics, Still Local 9/30/08 E Obama Should Come Clean on Ayers, Rezko and the Iraqi Billionaire 8/30/08 E House Party: Obama Homes In on McCain 8/22/08 N Obama Played by Chicago Rules 8/20/08 E Friends of Barack 6/11/08 E GOP Starts Recycling Primary Clips Attacking Obama 6/7/08 N Obama Heads to Election With Some Weaknesses 6/5/08 N Rezko Convicted of Wire Fraud, Money Laundering 6/5/08 N Our Collectivist Candidates 5/28/08 E For Obama, Advice Straight Up 5/12/08 N From Their House to the White House 5/9/08 N The Washington Post (26) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. In Ads, GOP Stresses Obama's Ties to Chicago Developer 10/23/08 N Just in Case McCain Wins 10/19/08 E McCain Attack Ads Called Inevitable -- And Ineffective 10/14/08 N To Some Readers, Bias on Display 10/12/08 E McCain Mum on Former Pastor 10/11/08 N Obama & Friends: Judge Not? 10/10/08 E Candidates Prepare for Tuesday's Town Hall Debate 10/6/08 N Obama Attack Gets Asterisk on Accuracy 10/6/08 N McCain Plans Fiercer Strategy Against Obama 10/4/08 N Hail Mary vs. Cool Barry 10/3/08 E Obama's Judgment Questioned 10/3/08 N Hitting Hard on Debatable Points 9/23/08 N McCain Strategist Blasts Media 9/3/08 N Romney Leads a Denver Counteroffensive 8/27/08 N Obama Calls His Pick, Biden, Both a Statesman and Fighter 8/24/08 N Extreme Campaign Makeover 8/23/08 E Obama's Judgment Is Questioned 8/22/08 N Houses Add Up to A Snag for McCain 8/22/08 N Can McCain Use Advice Clinton Got on Obama? 8/13/08 N In Obama's Circle, Chicago Remains The Tie That Binds 7/14/08 N Obama Got Discount on Home Loan 7/2/08 N Former Obama Fundraiser Convicted of Corruption 6/5/08 N For Clinton, A Following Of 'Marshans' 6/4/08 N Obama as You've Never Known Him! 5/23/08 N Rezko's Defense Rests Without Calling Witness 5/6/08 N Obama's 'Distractions'? 4/25/08 E ABC evening news broadcasts (3) Show Date World News Sunday 8/24/08 World News with Charles Gibson 8/21/08 World News with Charles Gibson 6/4/08 CBS evening news broadcast (1) Show Date CBS Evening News with Katie Couric 6/4/08 NBC evening news broadcast (1) Show Date Nightly News with Brian Williams 6/4/08 Land deals coverage From April 22 to November 4, seven news, editorials, or opinion pieces mentioned that McCain reportedly facilitated land deals that benefited wealthy developers who were major McCain donors: Los Angeles Times (1) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. McCain land deal benefits donor 5/9/08 N The New York Times (2) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. The Trouble With Not Being Earnest 4/25/08 E A Developer, His Deals and His Ties to McCain 4/22/08 N USA Today (1) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. Price of power: McCain action helped Arizona land developer 5/15/08 N The Wall Street Journal: No coverage. The Washington Post (3) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. Top McCain Adviser Has Found Success Mixing Money, Politics 6/26/08 N John McCain's Rapid-Fire Responders 5/20/08 N McCain Pushed Land Swap That Benefits Backer 5/9/08 N ABC evening news broadcast: No coverage. NBC evening news broadcast: No coverage. CBS evening news broadcast: No coverage Ayers coverage From January 1 to November 4, 311 combined network evening news broadcasts and news, editorials, or opinion pieces mentioned Obama's ties to Ayers: Los Angeles Times (59) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. Negative campaigning -- what's new? 11/4/08 E McCain, Palin demand L.A. Times release Obama video 10/30/08 N Social conservatives fight for control of Republican Party 10/28/08 N Patriotism and the presidency 10/26/08 E One smear that didn't work 10/25/08 E A GOP "robocall" 10/23/08 E Swing voters are bothered by McCain's temperament and his party 10/21/08 N Barack Obama turns rivals' words on them in Florida 10/21/08 N "Fox & Friends" anchors are having fun 10/21/08 N Barack Obama has advantages of big bucks, a big name: Colin Powell 10/20/08 N Palin doesn't doubt Obama loves America -- but Michele Bachmann does 10/19/08 N Is McCain "race-baiting"? 10/19/08 E Obama, McCain solidify campaign themes in fights for crucial states 10/18/08 N GOP Sen. Susan Collins decries anti-Obama robocalls 10/18/08 N McCain campaign's robocalls seek to link Obama, Ayers 10/17/08 N McCain appears on Letterman show, hat in hand 10/17/08 N Obama, McCain repeat themes from debate 10/17/08 N From Ayers to abortion: fact-checking the debate 10/16/08 N McCain's debatable strategy 10/16/08 E Undecided Latino voters may be key in New Mexico 10/16/08 N McCain deals no lethal blows in final debate with Obama 10/16/08 N McCain, Obama duel in caustic debate finale 10/16/08 N 5 voters identify high, low points 10/16/08 N Attack ad seeks to link Obama to his former pastor 10/15/08 N McCain calls for "voter fraud" inquiry 10/15/08 N Another day, another strategy for John McCain 10/14/08 N Fire and ice in American culture 10/14/08 N Former federal prosecutor decries William Ayers link 10/13/08 N These days, even "The View" is getting political 10/13/08 E John McCain and Sarah Palin try new tactics 10/12/08 N Obama rides a wave of bad economic news 10/12/08 N McCain calms supporters, urges respect for Obama 10/11/08 N McCain, Obama seek to seed doubts 10/10/08 N Fox News' faux documentary sets new low 10/10/08 E McCain campaign ratchets up the rhetoric 10/9/08 N McCain, Obama and a "friendly" town hall 10/8/08 E McCain, Obama clash over economy in a testy debate 10/8/08 N In debate, McCain and Obama battle mostly to a draw 10/8/08 N McCain, Obama introduce newly sharp tone amid major news events 10/7/08 N Obama's Ayers connection 10/7/08 E Barack Obama accuses Republicans of distracting voters from the economy 10/6/08 N Sarah Palin claims Barack Obama would "pal around with terrorists" 10/5/08 N Barack Obama raises the funding roof 9/15/08 N Some Obama links will mislead 8/30/08 N Barack Obama: Search for identity 8/28/08 N Biden's jokes about his wife Jill? OK with Pelosi 8/24/08 N Billionaire behind Swift Boat ads funded anti-Obama spot 8/23/08 N Ad attacks Obama's ties to leftist leader 8/22/08 N The Obama-McCain age gap that matters 6/1/08 E Obama pounds away at McCain 5/19/08 N Steeling Obama 5/15/08 E GOP makes a target of Obama 4/25/08 N Ex-radical William Ayers keeps low profile 4/24/08 N What to look for in Pennsylvania 4/22/08 N Heating up in Pennsylvania 4/21/08 N Moderators' 'gotcha' tone inspires angry new debate 4/18/08 N Obama and the former radicals 4/18/08 N The influence test 4/18/08 E Debate dwells on Obama's past 4/17/08 N The New York Times (76) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. He Gave Voice to Many, Among Them Himself 11/2/08 E Call to Ease Property Taxes Resounds in 35th District 10/31/08 N Obama Is Up, And Fans Fear That Jinxes It 10/31/08 N Political Storm Finds A Columbia Professor 10/30/08 N Coverage Of Election Now Lacks Suspense 10/27/08 N A Choice and an Echo 10/27/08 E Pennsylvania Republican Apologizes for Anti-Obama E-mail 10/27/08 N Democrats in Steel Country See Color, and Beyond It 10/26/08 N Ex-Radical Talks of Education and Justice, Not Obama 10/26/08 N In Westchester, Economy is No. 1 Concern, but Agreement Stops There 10/24/08 N Economy Is No. 1 Concern, but Agreement Stops There 10/24/08 N G.O.P. Denies Involvement in Fox-Quoting 'Robotext' 10/23/08 N In Political Coverage, Nothing Succeeds Like Success 10/23/08 N A Twist on Automated Calls 10/23/08 N A Onetime McCain Insider Is Now Offering Advice (Unwanted) From the Outside 10/22/08 N Confessions of a Phone Solicitor 10/22/08 E Donation Record as Colin Powell Endorses Obama 10/19/08 N Republicans Rain Negative Automated Calls on Voters in Swing States 10/17/08 N Polls Cause Campaigns to Change Their Itineraries 10/16/08 N Thinking About Obama 10/16/08 E McCain Attacks, but Obama Stays Steady 10/16/08 N Three Guys and a Table 10/16/08 E Rivals Split, With Joe in the Middle 10/16/08 N The Final Debate 10/15/08 E Candidates Clash Over Character and Policy 10/15/08 N In Debating McCain, Obama's Real Opponent Was Voter Doubt 10/14/08 N Poll Says McCain Is Hurting His Bid By Using Attacks 10/14/08 N G.O.P. Opens Wallet for Ads 10/14/08 N A Rally Cry Echoes Online 10/13/08 N Tempering Attacks, McCain Says He's a Leader for Troubled Times 10/13/08 N It Ain't Over Till It's Over 10/13/08 N Race Remains Campaign Issue, but Not a Clear One 10/12/08 N History Suggests McCain Faces an Uphill Battle 10/12/08 N McCain Campaign Sustains the Focus on Obama's Links to a 1960s Radical 10/12/08 N The Terrorist Barack Hussein Obama 10/11/08 E Concern in G.O.P. After Rough Week for McCain 10/11/08 N Attacking Obama's Associations 10/10/08 N Dear Old Golden Dog Days 10/10/08 E For Karl Rove, a Busy New Career and a 'Rovian' Legacy 10/10/08 N McCain Draws Line on Attacks as Crowds Cry 'Fight Back' 10/10/08 N McCain Joins Attacks On Obama Over Radical 10/9/08 N Clearing the Ayers 10/8/08 E McCain Excites Crowds With Criticism of Obama 10/8/08 N Downturn in Decibels, Too 10/8/08 N Politics of Attack 10/7/08 E Mud Pies For 'That One' 10/7/08 E Palin Plays to Conservative Base in Florida Rallies 10/7/08 N Economic Woes Set Tone for Rivals in 2nd Debate 10/7/08 N Obama's Personal Ties Are Subject of Program on Fox News Channel 10/6/08 N Campaigns Shift to Attack Mode on Eve of Debate 10/6/08 N Seeking to Shift Attention to Judicial Nominees 10/6/08 N Is Era of Dominance Over for Conservatives? 10/5/08 N The Wright Stuff 10/5/08 E Palin, on Offensive, Attacks Obama's Ties to '60s Radical 10/4/08 N Obama and '60s Bomber: A Look Into Crossed Paths 10/3/08 N Pinpoint Attacks Focus on Obama 9/23/08 N Obama Carries Uneven Record as Debater to First Contest With McCain 9/22/08 N Interest Groups Step Up Efforts in a Tight Race 9/15/08 N On the Web, a Nonpartisan Look at Those Partisan Campaign Ads 9/11/08 N Obama Looks to Lessons From Chicago in His National Education Plan 9/9/08 N Obama Steps Into O'Reilly's 'No Spin Zone' 9/5/08 N Obama Campaign Wages Fight Against Conservative Group's Ads 8/27/08 N A Billionaire Finances Ads Hitting Obama 8/22/08 N Group Plans Ad Criticizing Obama's Ties To Ex-Radical 8/21/08 N Late-Period Limbaugh 7/6/08 N Pragmatic Politics, Forged on the South Side 5/11/08 N Republicans Focus on Obama as Fall Opponent 5/8/08 N A Backlash? 5/3/08 E McCain Criticizes Clergyman's Remarks 4/28/08 N How McCain lost in Pennsylvania 4/27/08 E Brush it Off 4/20/08 E Clinton Impugns Obama's Toughness 4/19/08 N '60s Radicals Become Issue in Campaign of 2008 4/17/08 N Former Friends Weigh Into Debate, and the Former Amity Drains Out 4/17/08 N Clinton Uses Sharp Attacks in Tense Debate 4/17/08 N Battle of the Baggage 4/17/08 E USA Today (18) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. Battle of the 'robo-calls' rages 10/23/08 N Voters approve this message: Do not 'robo-call' 10/23/08 E Deceptions, distortions mar final clash 10/17/08 E All is forgiven: Letterman, McCain are pals again 10/16/08 N In final debate, McCain takes the fight to Obama 10/16/08 E McCain more cutting; Obama low-key 10/15/08 N Debate tackles domestic policy 10/15/08 N McCain reboots, takes fight to new level 10/13/08 N Put the brakes on incivility, rev up attention to economy 10/13/08 E Obama to go prime time as poll says debate boosts appeal 10/9/08 N McCain, Obama spar over economy in debate 10/7/08 N Sharp tone, no gaffes in town hall debate 10/7/08 N McCain ready for debate battle 10/6/08 N McCain's course for victory 10/7/08 E Candidates pursue trivia while economy burns 10/7/08 E Obama's tie to '60s radical fuels attacks 10/6/08 N Groups play up Obama link to '60s radical 8/26/08 N Damage control, take 2 4/30/08 E The Wall Street Journal (40) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. Are Obama's Friends Fair Game? 11/3/08 E Leap of Hope 11/3/08 E Obama Leads in Home Stretch 11/3/08 N Campaigns are Where the Real "Change" Will Take Place 11/3/08 E Why Obama Is Competitive in Indiana 11/1/08 E The Chicago Boys 10/31/08 E McCain Tries to Shift to Security 10/30/08 N Vote for the Party, Not the Person 10/27/08 E When Academic Freedom Lost its Meaning 10/24/08 E The Tax Argument Still Works 10/23/08 E Obama Opens Double-Digit Lead 10/22/08 N Palin's Failin' 10/17/08 E Hillary Made Obama a Better Candidate 10/17/08 E Obama, McCain Trade Jabs Over Taxes, Tone of Campaign 10/16/08 N Ready, Aim, Backfire: Nasty Political Ads Fall Flat 10/16/08 N Ayers Is No Education 'Reformer' 10/16/08 E My Friend Bill Ayers 10/15/08 E Hopes Quickly Fade For a Postpartisan Era 10/14/08 E Wall Street Donors Resent Being Blamed by McCain 10/14/08 N Obama and Acorn 10/14/08 E John Lewis's Race Grenade 10/14/08 E In Virginia, McCain Struggles to Hold the South for GOP 10/13/08 N McCain Campaign Is at Odds Over Negative Attacks' Scope 10/10/08 N News Flash: The Media Back Obama 10/9/08 E McCain Still Targets Pennsylvania, Ohio 10/8/08 N Group's Ad Blames Crisis on Democrats 10/8/08 N McCain, Palin Intensify Swipes Against Obama 10/7/08 N A McCain Comeback May Rely On Feeling the Nation's Anger 10/7/08 E Politics, Still Local 9/30/08 E Obama and Ayers Pushed Radicalism On Schools 9/23/08 E Obama Is Stoking Racial Antagonism 9/19/08 E Obama Should Come Clean on Ayers, Rezko and the Iraqi Billionaire 8/30/08 E Legal Controversy Erupts Over TV Ads Linking Obama to '60s Radical 8/29/08 N Ex-Friends of Barack 6/12/08 E Why Hillary Goes Nuclear 5/29/08 E The Clinton Divorce 5/9/08 E Obama's Other Radical Friends 5/2/08 E Democratic Fight Has Its Upsides 4/23/08 E Woods Fund Could Become Obama's 'Swift Boat' 4/18/08 N Democrats Meet in Feisty Debate 4/17/08 N The Washington Post (93) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. Hard-Fought Battle in Hard-Hit Ohio 11/3/08 N Last of the Culture Warriors 11/3/08 E Obama's Talk Show Advantage Is No Idle Chatter 11/3/08 N Dancemaker Doesn't Sweat A Hot Topic 11/2/08 N God, Country, and McCain 10/31/08 N In Washington, Halloween Costumes Unmask Our Inner Political Goblins 10/31/08 N An 'Idiot Wind' 10/31/08 E McCain Again Points to Obama's Associates 10/30/08 N Clues in the Mist 10/29/08 E N.H. Senate Race Illustrates The Dismal Climate for GOP 10/28/08 N Poll Gives Obama 8-Point Va. Lead 10/27/08 N Worlds Apart: The Great Hannity-Olbermann Divide 10/27/08 N Mailed Ads Have Become Mostly Negative, Experts Say 10/26/08 N McCain for President 10/24/08 E Civil War On the Right 10/24/08 E Candidates Keep Up Attacks in Key States 10/22/08 N The Irony of Obama 10/22/08 E O'Reilly: You'll Still Have Me to Kick Around 10/22/08 N Brown's CNN Role: A Matter Of Opinion 10/21/08 N The Power of Powell's Rebuke 10/21/08 E Party Like It's 1964 10/21/08 E Rabbi Pushes McCain to 'Hammer' Obama on Wright 10/20/08 N Obama Endorsed By Colin Powell 10/20/08 N Economic Downturn Sidelines Donors to '527' Groups 10/19/08 N '60s Radical Ayers Among Subjects of McCain 'Robo-Calls' 10/18/08 N A Rage No One Should Be Stoking 10/18/08 E Last Debate Is Not a Winner, In the Ratings 10/17/08 E McCain's Bare Cupboard 10/17/08 E Who's Playing the Race Card? 10/17/08 E McCain Forced to Fight for Virginia 10/17/08 N The Last Debate 10/16/08 E A Hard-Hitting Final Round 10/16/08 N Uncommon Ground 10/16/08 N Both Campaigns Distorting Facts on Money Matters 10/16/08 N Candidates Make A Name for This Guy Joe 10/16/08 E At Height of Election Season, a Full Haul of Blog Items 10/16/08 N What Joe the Plumber Can't Fix 10/16/08 E Aggressive Underdog vs. Cool Counterpuncher 10/16/08 N Joe Again? Say It Ain't So. 10/16/08 N Ambushed By History 10/15/08 E Remark About Bin Laden, Obama a Joke, Official Says 10/15/08 N Gods That Failed 10/15/08 E Obama Responds With New Ads 10/15/08 N McCain and the Raging Right 10/15/08 E From Ayers to Osama? 10/14/08 E A Few Debate Questions 10/14/08 E Closing a Deal in Pa. 10/14/08 E McCain Attack Ads Called Inevitable -- And Ineffective 10/14/08 N GOP Head Compares Obama to Bin Laden 10/13/08 N McCain and Palin Are Playing With Fire 10/12/08 E Issue of Race Creeps Into Campaign 10/12/08 N To Some Readers, Bias on Display 10/12/08 E McCain Mum on Former Pastor 10/11/08 N McCain Moves to Soften the Tone at Rallies, if Not in Ads 10/11/08 N Candidates Spar Over McCain Plan for Loans 10/10/08 N Obama & Friends: Judge Not? 10/10/08 E Anger Is Crowd's Overarching Emotion at McCain Rally 10/10/08 N RNC Ads to Link Obama to Radical 10/10/08 N Battling Through Battleground States 10/9/08 N McCain in a Bear Market 10/9/08 E Running From Reality 10/9/08 E Who Is John McCain? 10/8/08 E Economic Crisis Dominates Debate 10/8/08 N Open Season on Small Game 10/8/08 N Both Candidates Misleading TV Viewers With Attacks 10/8/08 N As Palin Brings Up Ayers, Obama Team Cites Keating 10/7/08 N Dangerous Territory 10/7/08 E Unleashed, Palin Makes a Pit Bull Look Tame 10/7/08 N Candidates Prepare for Tuesday's Town Hall Debate 10/6/08 N A Pal Around McCain 10/6/08 E Obama Attack Gets Asterisk on Accuracy 10/6/08 N Palin Seizes On Obama's Ayers Ties 10/5/08 N Hail Mary vs. Cool Barry 10/3/08 E Obama's Judgment Questioned 10/3/08 N Group With Swift Boat Alumni Readies Ads Attacking Obama 9/14/08 N Obama Met With Fox News Executives 9/3/08 N The Perfect Stranger 8/29/08 E Obama's Response Ad Reflects Lessons of 2004 8/27/08 N Romney Leads a Denver Counteroffensive 8/27/08 N 'She Could Accept Losing. She Could Not Accept Quitting.' 6/5/08 N Obama as You've Never Known Him! 5/23/08 N Candidates Vie to Be The Anti-Lobbyist 5/20/08 N Clinton Quiet About Own Radical Ties 5/19/08 N Obama Has the Upper Hand. But McCain Can Still Take Him 5/18/08 E The Race's Real Winner 5/11/08 E Too Late to the Duck Hunt 5/9/08 E Obama's 'Distractions'? 4/25/08 E McCain Questions Obama Remark Comparing '60s Radical, Lawmaker 4/21/08 N Obama Looks To Turn Debate Into a Victory 4/18/08 N Performance By ABC's Moderators Is a Matter Of Debate 4/18/08 N Former '60s Radical Is Now Considered Mainstream in Chicago 4/18/08 N Obama Pressed in Pa. Debate 4/17/08 N 'Soft' Press Sharpens Its Focus on Obama 3/3/08 N ABC evening news broadcast (9) Show Date World News Sunday 10/19/08 World News with Charles Gibson 10/16/08 World News with Charles Gibson 10/15/08 World News with Charles Gibson 10/10/08 World News with Charles Gibson 10/9/08 World News with Charles Gibson 10/8/08 World News with Charles Gibson 10/6/08 World News Sunday 10/5/08 World News Sunday 4/20/08 NBC evening news broadcast (8) Show Date Nightly News 10/23/08 Nightly News 10/19/08 Nightly News 10/17/08 Nightly News 10/12/08 Nightly News 10/9/08 Nightly News 10/8/08 Nightly News 10/5/08 Nightly News 4/17/08 CBS evening news broadcast (8) Show Date CBS Evening News 10/22/08 CBS Evening News 10/20/08 CBS Evening News 10/16/08 CBS Evening News 10/15/08 CBS Evening News 10/10/08 CBS Evening News 10/9/08 CBS Evening News 10/7/08 CBS Evening News 10/6/08 Liddy coverage From January 1 to November 4, seven news, editorials or opinion pieces mentioned McCain's ties to Liddy, but six of those reports were on McCain's October 16 interview with Letterman. None of the network evening news broadcasts mentioned McCain's association with Liddy. Los Angeles Times (2) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. A tight race for media celebs 11/3/08 N McCain appears on Letterman show, hat in hand 10/17/08 N The New York Times (1) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. The Hot Seat; McCain Faces Letterman 10/17/08 N USA Today (1) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. All is forgiven: Letterman, McCain are pals again 10/16/08 N The Washington Post (3) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. Obama's Talk Show Advantage Is No Idle Chatter 11/3/08 N Last Debate Is Not a Winner, In the Ratings 10/17/08 N A Few Debate Questions 10/14/08 E The Wall Street Journal: No coverage ABC, CBS, and NBC evening news broadcasts: No coverage Additionally, a February 8 Washington Post column by Dana Milbank and an August 13 New York Times article both mentioned Liddy and McCain but did not report or note any ties between the two. NEXIS SEARCH TERMS: Media Matters searched the Nexis database for The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, ABC, CBS, and NBC using the following terms: Obama and Rezko; McCain and ((land swap) or (Don! pre/2 Diamond) or (Ste! pre/2 Betts) or (Suncor) or (Pinnacle West) or (Del Webb) or (Fort Ord) or (Yavapai) or (Fred! pre/2 ruskin) or (Great American Life Insurance) or (Carl pre/2 Lindner) or (Luke Air Force Base) or (spur cross ranch)); Obama and Ayers; McCain and Liddy. FACTIVA SEARCH TERMS: Media Matters searched the Factiva database for The Wall Street Journal using the following terms: Obama and Rezko; McCain and ((land swap) or (Don* near2 Diamond) or (Ste* near2 Betts) or (Suncor) or (Pinnacle West) or (Del Webb) or (Fort Ord) or (Yavapai) or (Fred* near2 Ruskin) or (Great American Life Insurance) or (Carl near2 Lindner) or (Luke Air Force Base) or (spur cross ranch)); Obama and Ayers; McCain and Liddy. Mediamatters.Org Media continue to uncritically report McCain campaign attacks on their coverage, but case studies still show disparate coverage in McCain's favor {new window}   Mediamatters.Org - Throughout the 2008 general election campaign, the media uncritically reported complaints by Sen. John McCain's campaign that they favored his opponent in their coverage of the presidential race, while making little attempt to assess the accuracy of those complaints or to confirm or refute them. In September, Media Matters for America undertook a review of the media's coverage of two stories negatively affecting or reflecting on Sen. Barack Obama and two stories negatively affecting or reflecting on McCain and compared the extent of media attention to each. Media Matters has since updated that review through Election Day, November 4. Specifically, Media Matters compared the media's coverage of Obama's association with Chicago developer Antoin Rezko to the media's coverage of McCain's associations with donors for whom McCain reportedly facilitated land deals. Media Matters also compared coverage of Obama's association with former Weather Underground member Bill Ayers to coverage of McCain's association with G. Gordon Liddy, whom Chicago Tribune columnist Steve Chapman has described as McCain's "own Bill Ayers." Media Matters found that while the five major newspapers -- the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post -- frequently mentioned Obama's ties to Ayers and Rezko, they rarely mentioned McCain's reported facilitation of land deals that benefited donors, and they almost completely ignored McCain's association with Liddy. In addition, the three evening network news broadcasts mentioned Obama's ties to Ayers and Rezko several times, but never reported on McCain's reported facilitation of land deals that benefited donors or his association with Liddy. Indeed, since The New York Times first reported on April 22 that McCain facilitated land deals that benefited major donors, these media outlets mentioned such deals in only five additional reports and one editorial. By contrast, those media outlets mentioned Obama's ties to Rezko -- who was convicted in June in a case in which Obama was never accused of any wrongdoing -- in 76 network evening news broadcasts, news reports, editorial, or opinion pieces during that same time period. Moreover, while these same media outlets mentioned Obama's ties to Ayers 311 times in 2008 through Election Day, they produced only five reports mentioning McCain's connections to Liddy, whom McCain has praised and repeatedly associated with in public and in campaign settings. Following Media Matters' September report -- which found that those media outlets had yet to cover McCain's relationship with Liddy -- there was some media attention on that association. However, the broadcast networks continued to ignore the association on their evening news programs, and, with the exception of a single Washington Post column by Richard Cohen, mentions in the five major papers were limited to six articles noting that CBS host David Letterman had asked McCain about his association with Liddy. Media Matters has previously noted McCain's ties to Liddy. Liddy served four and a half years in prison in connection with his conviction for his role in the Watergate break-in and the break-in at the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the military analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers. Liddy has acknowledged preparing to kill someone during the Ellsberg break-in "if necessary"; plotting to kill journalist Jack Anderson; plotting with a "gangland figure" to kill Howard Hunt to stop him from cooperating with investigators; plotting to firebomb the Brookings Institution; and plotting to kidnap "leftist guerillas" at the 1972 Republican National Convention -- a plan he outlined to the Nixon administration using terminology borrowed from the Nazis. (The murder, firebombing, and kidnapping plots were never carried out; the break-ins were.) Media Matters previously conducted a review of articles in The Washington Post and The New York Times comparing coverage of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. with coverage of televangelist James Hagee, a McCain supporter who has made numerous controversial comments. Media Matters found that, from February 27, the date Hagee endorsed McCain for president, to April 30, the two papers combined published more than 12 times as many articles mentioning Wright and Obama as they did mentioning Hagee and McCain. Media Matters also documented (here, here, here, here, and here) other examples of the disparity between the media's extensive coverage of controversial comments made by Wright and other supporters of Obama and their coverage of controversial comments by Hagee and other supporters of McCain. McCain and land deals vs. Obama and Rezko McCain has reportedly facilitated several land deals that benefited wealthy developers who were major McCain donors. But while several major newspapers published initial articles concerning those deals, the media have devoted far less attention to McCain's involvement in land deals than they have paid to Obama's ties to Rezko. According to a Media Matters search of the Nexis and Factiva databases, since The New York Times' initial April 22 article, the land deals were mentioned in only six additional news articles, editorials, or opinion pieces in the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, or The Washington Post, and were not mentioned on any evening network news program through Election Day. By contrast, during that same time period, 71 news articles, editorials, or opinion pieces in those papers have collectively mentioned Obama and Rezko; the evening news broadcasts have collectively mentioned Obama and Rezko in five reports. Specifically: The Los Angeles Times published one news article that mentioned McCain-facilitated land deals, compared with nine news articles mentioning Obama's association with Rezko. The New York Times published its original April 22 news article and one editorial that mentioned McCain-facilitated land deals, compared with 16 news articles and two opinion pieces mentioning Obama's association with Rezko. USA Today published one news article that mentioned McCain-facilitated land deals, compared with three news articles mentioning Obama's association with Rezko. The Wall Street Journal did not publish a news article, editorial, or opinion piece that mentioned McCain-facilitated land deals, but published six news articles and nine editorials or opinion pieces mentioning Obama's association with Rezko. The Washington Post published three news articles that mentioned McCain-facilitated land deals, compared with 20 news articles and six editorials or opinion pieces mentioning Obama's association with Rezko. ABC's World News did not air a report that mentioned McCain-facilitated land deals, but aired three reports mentioning Obama's association with Rezko. The CBS Evening News did not air a report that mentioned McCain-facilitated land deals, but aired one report mentioning Obama's association with Rezko. NBC's Nightly News did not air a report that mentioned McCain-facilitated land deals, but aired one report mentioning Obama's association with Rezko. In its April 22 article, headlined "A Developer, His Deals and His Ties to McCain," The New York Times examined McCain's relationship with Arizona developer Donald R. Diamond, reporting that McCain "sponsored two laws sought by Mr. Diamond that resulted in providing him millions of dollars and thousands of acres in exchange for adding some of his properties to national parks." The article described Diamond as "one of the elite fund-raisers Mr. McCain's current presidential campaign calls Innovators, having raised more than $250,000 so far." In a May 9 article, headlined "McCain Pushed Land Swap That Benefits Backer," The Washington Post reported that McCain "championed legislation that will let an Arizona rancher trade remote grassland and ponderosa pine forest here for acres of valuable federally owned property that is ready for development, a land swap that now stands to directly benefit one of his top presidential campaign fundraisers." The Post identified the "Arizona rancher" as SunCor Development president Steven A. Betts, and described him as "a longtime McCain supporter who has raised more than $100,000 for the presumptive Republican nominee." In a May 19 article, USA Today reported that McCain also "inserted $14.3 million in a 2003 defense bill to buy land around Luke Air Force Base in a provision sought by SunCor Development." The article further noted that "McCain's campaigns have received $224,000 since 1998 from donors connected to [SunCor Development parent company] Pinnacle West, including $104,100 for his current presidential run" and that Pinnacle West's CEO, vice president and lobbyist, and former president, in addition to Betts, are all McCain fundraisers. In an October 27 article, headlined "McCain pushed regulators for land swap, despite pledge," McClatchy Newspapers reported that "[y]ears after he resurrected his political fortunes from the Keating Five savings and loan investigation, John McCain promoted an Arizona land swap that would've benefited a former mentor and partner of the scandal's central figure": The owners of the Spur Cross Ranch, a dramatic 2,154-acre tract of Sonoran desert just north of Phoenix, in the late 1990s sought to sell it to a developer who planned to build a premier golf course surrounded by 390 luxury homes. Nearby residents and environmentalists, however, wanted to preserve the area's unusual cacti, stone formations and hundreds of Hopi Indian tribal artifacts. After opposition surfaced, the developer sought McCain's help in forging a land swap with the U.S. Forest Service -- a deal that also would benefit the owners of the ranch, including a company controlled by billionaire Carl H. Lindner Jr., an associate of S&L chief Charles H. Keating. McCain and an aide pushed for the exchange in more than a half dozen sometimes-testy letters and phone calls up and down the Forest Service's hierarchy, according to former agency officials and correspondence. McCain's office even circulated draft legislation that would have overridden the agency's objection to surrendering national forest land. Ultimately, the deal fell apart. McCain's behind-the-scenes maneuvering on Spur Cross contrasts with his image as a congressional ethics champion and his pledge -- made after the Keating scandal in 1991 sullied his reputation -- never to intervene with regulators again. McClatchy further reported that "the 89-year-old Lindner and his son, Carl H. Lindner III, have raised more than $300,000 for McCain's presidential campaign." McCain and Liddy vs. Obama and Ayers According to a Media Matters search of the Nexis and Factiva databases, between January 1 and Election Day, the five major newspapers, as well as the network evening news broadcasts, collectively broadcast or published 311 news reports, editorials, and opinion pieces mentioning Obama's relationship with Ayers. By contrast, over the same period, the five major newspapers produced six articles and one opinion piece mentioning McCain's association with Liddy; the evening news broadcasts did not mention that relationship at all. All six news articles were reports on McCain's appearance on the October 16 edition of CBS' Late Show with David Letterman, during which Letterman questioned McCain about his association with Liddy. Specifically: The Los Angeles Times published two news articles that mentioned McCain's ties to Liddy, compared with 46 news articles and 13 editorials or opinion pieces mentioning Obama's association with Ayers. The New York Times published one news article that mentioned McCain's ties to Liddy, compared with 60 news articles and 16 editorials or opinion pieces mentioning Obama's association with Ayers. USA Today published one news article that mentioned McCain's ties to Liddy, compared with 11 news articles and seven editorials or opinion pieces mentioning Obama's association with Ayers. The Wall Street Journal did not publish a news article, editorial, or opinion piece that mentioned McCain's ties to Liddy, but published 14 news articles and 26 editorials or opinion pieces mentioning Obama's association with Ayers. The Washington Post published two news articles and one opinion piece that mentioned McCain's ties to Liddy, compared with 58 news articles and 35 editorials or opinion pieces mentioning Obama's association with Ayers. ABC's World News did not air a report that mentioned McCain's ties to Liddy, but aired nine reports mentioning Obama's association with Ayers. The CBS Evening News did not air a report that mentioned McCain's ties to Liddy, but aired eight reports mentioning Obama's association with Ayers. NBC's Nightly News did not air a report that mentioned McCain's ties to Liddy, but aired eight reports mentioning Obama's association with Ayers. The Tribune's Chapman wrote in a May 4 column, "[B]ack in the 1970s, [Liddy] extolled violence and committed crimes in the name of a radical ideology." Writing that "Liddy's penchant for extreme solutions has not abated," Chapman went on to note that, in 1994, Liddy "gave some advice to his listeners" on how to shoot ATF officials. Chapman further wrote that "[f]ar from repudiating him [Liddy], McCain has embraced him." In an August 22 blog post about an Americans Issues Project ad about Obama's association with Ayers, Chapman wrote: "If Obama needs to answer questions about Ayers, McCain has the same obligation regarding Liddy. How about they both get started?" Nevertheless, in a 2,140-word October 4 front-page article about Obama's association with Ayers, The New York Times quoted Chapman denouncing Obama's association with Ayers but did not note that Chapman's statement that "[i]f Obama needs to answer questions about Ayers, McCain has the same obligation regarding Liddy." In an October 7 blog post citing the Times article, Chapman wrote: "While Obama has gotten lots of scrutiny for his connection to Ayers, McCain has never had to explain his association with Liddy. If he can't defend it, he should admit as much. And if he thinks he can defend it, let him." During his October 16 interview with Letterman, McCain said of Liddy: "You say I know Gordon Liddy. I -- he paid his debt. He went to prison. He paid his debt, as people do. I'm not in any way embarrassed to know Gordon Liddy, and his son who is also a good friend and supporter of mine." Rezko coverage From April 22 to November 4, 76 combined network evening news broadcasts and news, editorials, or opinion pieces covered or mentioned Obama's ties to Rezko: Los Angeles Times (9) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. Judge delays sentencing for Rezko 10/9/08 N Prosecutors delay Rezko sentencing 10/7/08 N McCain, Obama introduce newly sharp tone amid major news events 10/7/08 N Barack Obama accuses Republicans of distracting voters from the economy 10/6/08 N Hiding Sarah Palin behind 'deference' 9/9/08 N Barack Obama: Search for identity 8/28/08 N McCain out of touch if he's lost count of his homes, Obama says 8/22/08 N Rezko closing arguments begin 5/13/08 N Antoin Rezko won't take the stand in his fraud trial 5/6/08 N The New York Times (18) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. Barack Obama, Forever Sizing Up 10/25/08 N G.O.P. Opens Wallet for Ads 10/14/08 N Attacking Obama's Associations 10/10/08 N McCain Excites Crowds With Criticism of Obama 10/8/08 N Seeking to Shift Attention to Judicial Nominees 10/6/08 N Political Scorekeeping 10/4/08 E Lawmakers in Illinois Make Ethics Top Priority 9/24/08 N Pinpoint Attacks Focus on Obama 9/23/08 N Obama's Chicago, in McCain's Eyes 9/23/08 N Obama Carries Uneven Record as Debater to First Contest With McCain 9/22/08 N Obama and McCain Seek a Common Touch 8/21/08 N UNIONS UNITED; Hitting McCain Where He Lives 8/19/08 N Ex-Obama Fund-Raiser Is Convicted Of Fraud 6/5/08 N Corruption Case Taints Rising Political Star 5/12/08 N Pragmatic Politics, Forged on the South Side 5/11/08 N Republicans Focus on Obama as Fall Opponent 5/8/08 N How McCain Lost in Pennsylvania 4/27/08 E Ex-Official in Illinois Admits Lying About Job for Donation 4/23/08 N USA Today (3) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. Fundraisers linked to corruption cases 10/16/08 N McCain ad: Clinton's 'truth hurt' 8/24/08 N Obama slams McCain's inability to count family residences 8/21/08 N The Wall Street Journal (15) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. Leap of Hope 11/3/08 E The Chicago Boys 10/31/08 E The Tax Argument Still Works 10/23/08 E A McCain Comeback May Rely On Feeling the Nation's Anger 10/7/08 E Politics, Still Local 9/30/08 E Obama Should Come Clean on Ayers, Rezko and the Iraqi Billionaire 8/30/08 E House Party: Obama Homes In on McCain 8/22/08 N Obama Played by Chicago Rules 8/20/08 E Friends of Barack 6/11/08 E GOP Starts Recycling Primary Clips Attacking Obama 6/7/08 N Obama Heads to Election With Some Weaknesses 6/5/08 N Rezko Convicted of Wire Fraud, Money Laundering 6/5/08 N Our Collectivist Candidates 5/28/08 E For Obama, Advice Straight Up 5/12/08 N From Their House to the White House 5/9/08 N The Washington Post (26) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. In Ads, GOP Stresses Obama's Ties to Chicago Developer 10/23/08 N Just in Case McCain Wins 10/19/08 E McCain Attack Ads Called Inevitable -- And Ineffective 10/14/08 N To Some Readers, Bias on Display 10/12/08 E McCain Mum on Former Pastor 10/11/08 N Obama & Friends: Judge Not? 10/10/08 E Candidates Prepare for Tuesday's Town Hall Debate 10/6/08 N Obama Attack Gets Asterisk on Accuracy 10/6/08 N McCain Plans Fiercer Strategy Against Obama 10/4/08 N Hail Mary vs. Cool Barry 10/3/08 E Obama's Judgment Questioned 10/3/08 N Hitting Hard on Debatable Points 9/23/08 N McCain Strategist Blasts Media 9/3/08 N Romney Leads a Denver Counteroffensive 8/27/08 N Obama Calls His Pick, Biden, Both a Statesman and Fighter 8/24/08 N Extreme Campaign Makeover 8/23/08 E Obama's Judgment Is Questioned 8/22/08 N Houses Add Up to A Snag for McCain 8/22/08 N Can McCain Use Advice Clinton Got on Obama? 8/13/08 N In Obama's Circle, Chicago Remains The Tie That Binds 7/14/08 N Obama Got Discount on Home Loan 7/2/08 N Former Obama Fundraiser Convicted of Corruption 6/5/08 N For Clinton, A Following Of 'Marshans' 6/4/08 N Obama as You've Never Known Him! 5/23/08 N Rezko's Defense Rests Without Calling Witness 5/6/08 N Obama's 'Distractions'? 4/25/08 E ABC evening news broadcasts (3) Show Date World News Sunday 8/24/08 World News with Charles Gibson 8/21/08 World News with Charles Gibson 6/4/08 CBS evening news broadcast (1) Show Date CBS Evening News with Katie Couric 6/4/08 NBC evening news broadcast (1) Show Date Nightly News with Brian Williams 6/4/08 Land deals coverage From April 22 to November 4, seven news, editorials, or opinion pieces mentioned that McCain reportedly facilitated land deals that benefited wealthy developers who were major McCain donors: Los Angeles Times (1) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. McCain land deal benefits donor 5/9/08 N The New York Times (2) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. The Trouble With Not Being Earnest 4/25/08 E A Developer, His Deals and His Ties to McCain 4/22/08 N USA Today (1) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. Price of power: McCain action helped Arizona land developer 5/15/08 N The Wall Street Journal: No coverage. The Washington Post (3) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. Top McCain Adviser Has Found Success Mixing Money, Politics 6/26/08 N John McCain's Rapid-Fire Responders 5/20/08 N McCain Pushed Land Swap That Benefits Backer 5/9/08 N ABC evening news broadcast: No coverage. NBC evening news broadcast: No coverage. CBS evening news broadcast: No coverage Ayers coverage From January 1 to November 4, 311 combined network evening news broadcasts and news, editorials, or opinion pieces mentioned Obama's ties to Ayers: Los Angeles Times (59) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. Negative campaigning -- what's new? 11/4/08 E McCain, Palin demand L.A. Times release Obama video 10/30/08 N Social conservatives fight for control of Republican Party 10/28/08 N Patriotism and the presidency 10/26/08 E One smear that didn't work 10/25/08 E A GOP "robocall" 10/23/08 E Swing voters are bothered by McCain's temperament and his party 10/21/08 N Barack Obama turns rivals' words on them in Florida 10/21/08 N "Fox & Friends" anchors are having fun 10/21/08 N Barack Obama has advantages of big bucks, a big name: Colin Powell 10/20/08 N Palin doesn't doubt Obama loves America -- but Michele Bachmann does 10/19/08 N Is McCain "race-baiting"? 10/19/08 E Obama, McCain solidify campaign themes in fights for crucial states 10/18/08 N GOP Sen. Susan Collins decries anti-Obama robocalls 10/18/08 N McCain campaign's robocalls seek to link Obama, Ayers 10/17/08 N McCain appears on Letterman show, hat in hand 10/17/08 N Obama, McCain repeat themes from debate 10/17/08 N From Ayers to abortion: fact-checking the debate 10/16/08 N McCain's debatable strategy 10/16/08 E Undecided Latino voters may be key in New Mexico 10/16/08 N McCain deals no lethal blows in final debate with Obama 10/16/08 N McCain, Obama duel in caustic debate finale 10/16/08 N 5 voters identify high, low points 10/16/08 N Attack ad seeks to link Obama to his former pastor 10/15/08 N McCain calls for "voter fraud" inquiry 10/15/08 N Another day, another strategy for John McCain 10/14/08 N Fire and ice in American culture 10/14/08 N Former federal prosecutor decries William Ayers link 10/13/08 N These days, even "The View" is getting political 10/13/08 E John McCain and Sarah Palin try new tactics 10/12/08 N Obama rides a wave of bad economic news 10/12/08 N McCain calms supporters, urges respect for Obama 10/11/08 N McCain, Obama seek to seed doubts 10/10/08 N Fox News' faux documentary sets new low 10/10/08 E McCain campaign ratchets up the rhetoric 10/9/08 N McCain, Obama and a "friendly" town hall 10/8/08 E McCain, Obama clash over economy in a testy debate 10/8/08 N In debate, McCain and Obama battle mostly to a draw 10/8/08 N McCain, Obama introduce newly sharp tone amid major news events 10/7/08 N Obama's Ayers connection 10/7/08 E Barack Obama accuses Republicans of distracting voters from the economy 10/6/08 N Sarah Palin claims Barack Obama would "pal around with terrorists" 10/5/08 N Barack Obama raises the funding roof 9/15/08 N Some Obama links will mislead 8/30/08 N Barack Obama: Search for identity 8/28/08 N Biden's jokes about his wife Jill? OK with Pelosi 8/24/08 N Billionaire behind Swift Boat ads funded anti-Obama spot 8/23/08 N Ad attacks Obama's ties to leftist leader 8/22/08 N The Obama-McCain age gap that matters 6/1/08 E Obama pounds away at McCain 5/19/08 N Steeling Obama 5/15/08 E GOP makes a target of Obama 4/25/08 N Ex-radical William Ayers keeps low profile 4/24/08 N What to look for in Pennsylvania 4/22/08 N Heating up in Pennsylvania 4/21/08 N Moderators' 'gotcha' tone inspires angry new debate 4/18/08 N Obama and the former radicals 4/18/08 N The influence test 4/18/08 E Debate dwells on Obama's past 4/17/08 N The New York Times (76) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. He Gave Voice to Many, Among Them Himself 11/2/08 E Call to Ease Property Taxes Resounds in 35th District 10/31/08 N Obama Is Up, And Fans Fear That Jinxes It 10/31/08 N Political Storm Finds A Columbia Professor 10/30/08 N Coverage Of Election Now Lacks Suspense 10/27/08 N A Choice and an Echo 10/27/08 E Pennsylvania Republican Apologizes for Anti-Obama E-mail 10/27/08 N Democrats in Steel Country See Color, and Beyond It 10/26/08 N Ex-Radical Talks of Education and Justice, Not Obama 10/26/08 N In Westchester, Economy is No. 1 Concern, but Agreement Stops There 10/24/08 N Economy Is No. 1 Concern, but Agreement Stops There 10/24/08 N G.O.P. Denies Involvement in Fox-Quoting 'Robotext' 10/23/08 N In Political Coverage, Nothing Succeeds Like Success 10/23/08 N A Twist on Automated Calls 10/23/08 N A Onetime McCain Insider Is Now Offering Advice (Unwanted) From the Outside 10/22/08 N Confessions of a Phone Solicitor 10/22/08 E Donation Record as Colin Powell Endorses Obama 10/19/08 N Republicans Rain Negative Automated Calls on Voters in Swing States 10/17/08 N Polls Cause Campaigns to Change Their Itineraries 10/16/08 N Thinking About Obama 10/16/08 E McCain Attacks, but Obama Stays Steady 10/16/08 N Three Guys and a Table 10/16/08 E Rivals Split, With Joe in the Middle 10/16/08 N The Final Debate 10/15/08 E Candidates Clash Over Character and Policy 10/15/08 N In Debating McCain, Obama's Real Opponent Was Voter Doubt 10/14/08 N Poll Says McCain Is Hurting His Bid By Using Attacks 10/14/08 N G.O.P. Opens Wallet for Ads 10/14/08 N A Rally Cry Echoes Online 10/13/08 N Tempering Attacks, McCain Says He's a Leader for Troubled Times 10/13/08 N It Ain't Over Till It's Over 10/13/08 N Race Remains Campaign Issue, but Not a Clear One 10/12/08 N History Suggests McCain Faces an Uphill Battle 10/12/08 N McCain Campaign Sustains the Focus on Obama's Links to a 1960s Radical 10/12/08 N The Terrorist Barack Hussein Obama 10/11/08 E Concern in G.O.P. After Rough Week for McCain 10/11/08 N Attacking Obama's Associations 10/10/08 N Dear Old Golden Dog Days 10/10/08 E For Karl Rove, a Busy New Career and a 'Rovian' Legacy 10/10/08 N McCain Draws Line on Attacks as Crowds Cry 'Fight Back' 10/10/08 N McCain Joins Attacks On Obama Over Radical 10/9/08 N Clearing the Ayers 10/8/08 E McCain Excites Crowds With Criticism of Obama 10/8/08 N Downturn in Decibels, Too 10/8/08 N Politics of Attack 10/7/08 E Mud Pies For 'That One' 10/7/08 E Palin Plays to Conservative Base in Florida Rallies 10/7/08 N Economic Woes Set Tone for Rivals in 2nd Debate 10/7/08 N Obama's Personal Ties Are Subject of Program on Fox News Channel 10/6/08 N Campaigns Shift to Attack Mode on Eve of Debate 10/6/08 N Seeking to Shift Attention to Judicial Nominees 10/6/08 N Is Era of Dominance Over for Conservatives? 10/5/08 N The Wright Stuff 10/5/08 E Palin, on Offensive, Attacks Obama's Ties to '60s Radical 10/4/08 N Obama and '60s Bomber: A Look Into Crossed Paths 10/3/08 N Pinpoint Attacks Focus on Obama 9/23/08 N Obama Carries Uneven Record as Debater to First Contest With McCain 9/22/08 N Interest Groups Step Up Efforts in a Tight Race 9/15/08 N On the Web, a Nonpartisan Look at Those Partisan Campaign Ads 9/11/08 N Obama Looks to Lessons From Chicago in His National Education Plan 9/9/08 N Obama Steps Into O'Reilly's 'No Spin Zone' 9/5/08 N Obama Campaign Wages Fight Against Conservative Group's Ads 8/27/08 N A Billionaire Finances Ads Hitting Obama 8/22/08 N Group Plans Ad Criticizing Obama's Ties To Ex-Radical 8/21/08 N Late-Period Limbaugh 7/6/08 N Pragmatic Politics, Forged on the South Side 5/11/08 N Republicans Focus on Obama as Fall Opponent 5/8/08 N A Backlash? 5/3/08 E McCain Criticizes Clergyman's Remarks 4/28/08 N How McCain lost in Pennsylvania 4/27/08 E Brush it Off 4/20/08 E Clinton Impugns Obama's Toughness 4/19/08 N '60s Radicals Become Issue in Campaign of 2008 4/17/08 N Former Friends Weigh Into Debate, and the Former Amity Drains Out 4/17/08 N Clinton Uses Sharp Attacks in Tense Debate 4/17/08 N Battle of the Baggage 4/17/08 E USA Today (18) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. Battle of the 'robo-calls' rages 10/23/08 N Voters approve this message: Do not 'robo-call' 10/23/08 E Deceptions, distortions mar final clash 10/17/08 E All is forgiven: Letterman, McCain are pals again 10/16/08 N In final debate, McCain takes the fight to Obama 10/16/08 E McCain more cutting; Obama low-key 10/15/08 N Debate tackles domestic policy 10/15/08 N McCain reboots, takes fight to new level 10/13/08 N Put the brakes on incivility, rev up attention to economy 10/13/08 E Obama to go prime time as poll says debate boosts appeal 10/9/08 N McCain, Obama spar over economy in debate 10/7/08 N Sharp tone, no gaffes in town hall debate 10/7/08 N McCain ready for debate battle 10/6/08 N McCain's course for victory 10/7/08 E Candidates pursue trivia while economy burns 10/7/08 E Obama's tie to '60s radical fuels attacks 10/6/08 N Groups play up Obama link to '60s radical 8/26/08 N Damage control, take 2 4/30/08 E The Wall Street Journal (40) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. Are Obama's Friends Fair Game? 11/3/08 E Leap of Hope 11/3/08 E Obama Leads in Home Stretch 11/3/08 N Campaigns are Where the Real "Change" Will Take Place 11/3/08 E Why Obama Is Competitive in Indiana 11/1/08 E The Chicago Boys 10/31/08 E McCain Tries to Shift to Security 10/30/08 N Vote for the Party, Not the Person 10/27/08 E When Academic Freedom Lost its Meaning 10/24/08 E The Tax Argument Still Works 10/23/08 E Obama Opens Double-Digit Lead 10/22/08 N Palin's Failin' 10/17/08 E Hillary Made Obama a Better Candidate 10/17/08 E Obama, McCain Trade Jabs Over Taxes, Tone of Campaign 10/16/08 N Ready, Aim, Backfire: Nasty Political Ads Fall Flat 10/16/08 N Ayers Is No Education 'Reformer' 10/16/08 E My Friend Bill Ayers 10/15/08 E Hopes Quickly Fade For a Postpartisan Era 10/14/08 E Wall Street Donors Resent Being Blamed by McCain 10/14/08 N Obama and Acorn 10/14/08 E John Lewis's Race Grenade 10/14/08 E In Virginia, McCain Struggles to Hold the South for GOP 10/13/08 N McCain Campaign Is at Odds Over Negative Attacks' Scope 10/10/08 N News Flash: The Media Back Obama 10/9/08 E McCain Still Targets Pennsylvania, Ohio 10/8/08 N Group's Ad Blames Crisis on Democrats 10/8/08 N McCain, Palin Intensify Swipes Against Obama 10/7/08 N A McCain Comeback May Rely On Feeling the Nation's Anger 10/7/08 E Politics, Still Local 9/30/08 E Obama and Ayers Pushed Radicalism On Schools 9/23/08 E Obama Is Stoking Racial Antagonism 9/19/08 E Obama Should Come Clean on Ayers, Rezko and the Iraqi Billionaire 8/30/08 E Legal Controversy Erupts Over TV Ads Linking Obama to '60s Radical 8/29/08 N Ex-Friends of Barack 6/12/08 E Why Hillary Goes Nuclear 5/29/08 E The Clinton Divorce 5/9/08 E Obama's Other Radical Friends 5/2/08 E Democratic Fight Has Its Upsides 4/23/08 E Woods Fund Could Become Obama's 'Swift Boat' 4/18/08 N Democrats Meet in Feisty Debate 4/17/08 N The Washington Post (93) Headline Date News or Editorial/Op. Hard-Fought Battle in Hard-Hit Ohio 11/3/08 N Last of the Culture Warriors 11/3/08 E Obama's Talk Show Advantage Is No Idle Chatter 11/3/08 N Dancemaker Doesn't Sweat A Hot Topic 11/2/08 N God, Country, and McCain 10/31/08 N In Washington, Halloween Costumes Unmask Our Inner Political Goblins 10/31/08 N An 'Idiot Wind' 10/31/08 E McCain Again Points to Obama's Associates 10/30/08 N Clues in the Mist 10/29/08 E N.H. Senate Race Illustrates The Dismal Climate for GOP 10/28/08 N Poll Gives Obama 8-Point Va. Lead 10/27/08 N Worlds Apart: The Great Hannity-Olbermann Divide 10/27/08 N Mailed Ads Have Become Mostly Negative, Experts Say 10/26/08 N McCain for President 10/24/08 E Civil War On the Right 10/24/08 E Candidates Keep Up Attacks in Key States 10/22/08 N The Irony of Obama 10/22/08 E O'Reilly: You'll Still Have Me to Kick Around 10/22/08 N Brown's CNN Role: A Matter Of Opinion 10/21/08 N The Power of Powell's Rebuke 10/21/08 E Party Like It's 1964 10/21/08 E Rabbi Pushes McCain to 'Hammer' Obama on Wright 10/20/08 N Obama Endorsed By Colin Powell 10/20/08 N Economic Downturn Sidelines Donors to '527' Groups 10/19/08 N '60s Radical Ayers Among Subjects of McCain 'Robo-Calls' 10/18/08 N A Rage No One Should Be Stoking 10/18/08 E Last Debate Is Not a Winner, In the Ratings 10/17/08 E McCain's Bare Cupboard 10/17/08 E Who's Playing the Race Card? 10/17/08 E McCain Forced to Fight for Virginia 10/17/08 N The Last Debate 10/16/08 E A Hard-Hitting Final Round 10/16/08 N Uncommon Ground 10/16/08 N Both Campaigns Distorting Facts on Money Matters 10/16/08 N Candidates Make A Name for This Guy Joe 10/16/08 E At Height of Election Season, a Full Haul of Blog Items 10/16/08 N What Joe the Plumber Can't Fix 10/16/08 E Aggressive Underdog vs. Cool Counterpuncher 10/16/08 N Joe Again? Say It Ain't So. 10/16/08 N Ambushed By History 10/15/08 E Remark About Bin Laden, Obama a Joke, Official Says 10/15/08 N Gods That Failed 10/15/08 E Obama Responds With New Ads 10/15/08 N McCain and the Raging Right 10/15/08 E From Ayers to Osama? 10/14/08 E A Few Debate Questions 10/14/08 E Closing a Deal in Pa. 10/14/08 E McCain Attack Ads Called Inevitable -- And Ineffective 10/14/08 N GOP Head Compares Obama to Bin Laden 10/13/08 N McCain and Palin Are Playing With Fire 10/12/08 E Issue of Race Creeps Into Campaign 10/12/08 N To Some Readers, Bias on Display 10/12/08 E McCain Mum on Former Pastor 10/11/08 N McCain Moves to Soften the Tone at Rallies, if Not in Ads 10/11/08 N Candidates Spar Over McCain Plan for Loans 10/10/08 N Obama & Friends: Judge Not? 10/10/08 E Anger Is Crowd's Overarching Emotion at McCain Rally 10/10/08 N RNC Ads to Link Obama to Radical 10/10/08 N Battling Through Battleground States 10/9/08 N McCain in a Bear Market 10/9/08 E Running From Reality 10/9/08 E Who Is John McCain? 10/8/08 E Economic Crisis Dominates Debate 10/8/08 N Open Season on Small Game 10/8/08 N Both Candidates Misleading TV Viewers With Attacks 10/8/08 N As Palin Brings Up Ayers, Obama Team Cites Keating 10/7/08 N Dangerous Territory 10/7/08 E Unleashed, Palin Makes a Pit Bull Look Tame 10/7/08 N Candidates Prepare for Tuesday's Town Hall Debate 10/6/08 N A Pal Around McCain 10/6/08 E Obama Attack Gets Asterisk on Accuracy 10/6/08 N Palin Seizes On Obama's Ayers Ties 10/5/08 N Hail Mary vs. Cool Barry 10/3/08 E Obama's Judgment Questioned 10/3/08 N Group With Swift Boat Alumni Readies Ads Attacking Obama 9/14/08 N Obama Met With Fox News Executives 9/3/08 N The Perfect Stranger 8/29/08 E Obama's Response Ad Reflects Lessons of 2004 8/27/08 N Romney Leads a Denver Counteroffensive 8/27/08 N 'She Could Accept Losing. She Could Not Accept Quitting.' 6/5/08 N Obama as You've Never Known Him! 5/23/08 N Candidates Vie to Be The Anti-Lobbyist 5/20/08 N Clinton Quiet About Own Radical Ties 5/19/08 N Obama Has the Upper Hand. B