My local paper, The News & Observer in Raleigh, used this story by Michael Cooper and Elisabeth Bumiller of the The New York Times to describe the debate. From that story comes this line(Emphasis added):
McCain said "incredibly" that Obama had not gone to Iraq for 900 days and asked for a meeting with Gen. David H. Petraeus and added, with more than a whiff of condescension, that "Senator Obama doesn't understand the difference between a tactic and a strategy."
Note, this is a news story. It is not labeled analysis or commentary. Is it any wonder that the McCain campaign has been forceful in their condemnation of the NYT's campaign coverage? If this type of story was only in that paper it would be no problem. However, smaller papers like the N&O gives them the ability to influence voters all over the country with biased stories like this one.
(See more at Hot Air)
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