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McCain campaign gets greedy - War Room - Salon.com

With the assistance of a press corps willing to play along, the McCain campaign scored a hit Monday, feigning outrage and manufacturing a controversy out of Wesley Clark's questions on John McCain's presidential qualifications. It involved twisting the words of a four-star general a bit, and a pliant press corps willing to redefine the word "attack," but the McCain/GOP spin machine was in high dudgeon and it got precisely the result it was looking for.

This is fascinating being that Obama greatly benefited from "a press corps willing to play along," and "a pliant press corps willing to redefine the word 'attack'" during the campaign against Hillary. Now the shoe is on the other foot and you're going to start seeing pro-Obama bloggers and "journalists" complain about unfair treatment since he'll actually get scrutinized the way he should have long ago.

Labels: General Election 2008, McCain, Media, Media bias, Obama supporters