Joe Klein starts off (ellipses orig.):
I'm of two minds about how to deal with the McCain campaign's further descent into ugliness. Their strategy is simple: you throw crap against a wall and then giggle as the media try to analyze the putresence in a way that conveys a sense of balance: "Well, it is bull-pucky, but the splatter pattern is interesting..." which, of course, only serves to get your perverse message out. I really don't want to be a part of that. But...every so often, we journalists have a duty to remind readers just how dingy the McCain campaign, and its right-wing acolytes in the media (I'm looking at you, Sean Hannity) have become--especially in their efforts to divert public attention from the economic crisis we're facing.
He then goes on to list the latest smears being put out by Sarah Palin, points out how and why they're howlers, and sooner or later gets to the point of calling her …
(h/t: Noam Scheiber)
[Added] Spencer Ackerman weighs in after seeing the latest McCain ad:
McCain's new slogan really ought to be Dishonor Before Death.
2 comments:
You know there is no way around the smears getting covered, which the McCain campaign sees as a victory, and in as way it is.
But at least it's refreshing when the Corporate Media catches on before they are two days into the spin.
Agreed. It's also nice to see that some of them are already past the point of putting up with any more of McCain's nonsense. Kind of an amazing turnaround, given the love McCain used to get from the MSM.
Jilted lovers are the harshest, I guess.
Somewhere down the road, after President Obama is inaugurated, there will be an accounting, and all of those in the MSM who cannot point to a piece of theirs from the previous fall that showed how their eyes were finally opened will be banished, as punishment for lacking insight or guts. Just like happened to all those who failed to speak out against the invasion of Iraq.
Oh, wait.
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