Yet, I have never, in 25 years in the business, seen a more shameless act of political partisanship by a news organization than the New York Times' rejection of presidential candidate John McCain's op-ed answer to his opponent, Barack Obama.
Not only was it a stunning decision to turn down publication of one candidate's opinion while gleefully publishing the other's opinion, but the explanation for the move seems almost like a parody of what one might expect from the immature and stridently ideological rag the once great Times has become.
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Jae C. Hong/AP By ALESSANDRA STANLEY It wasn’ta television blackout of John McCain; it was worse: split-screen contrasts that at times made it seem as if

By Margot Sanger-Katz CAROLYN KASTER / - As Sen. Barack Obama toured the Middle East, presidential candidate John McCain used a town hall meeting in the state yesterday to offer sharp criticism of his rival's foreign policy views.
Speaking yesterday to a rowdy and supportive crowd at the Rochester Opera House, McCain described Obama's policies on the Iraq war as ill-informed and incorrect. McCain, a Republican senator, has stressed that troop withdrawals should be tied to conditions on the ground in Iraq and not to external timetables, pointing to successes achieved during the recent so-called troop surge. Obama, in contrast, has said that he would begin removing troops

Sen. Barack Obama - embarks on a serious foreign policy initiative with his trip to Europe and the Middle East, to bolster his foreign policy credentials. To that end, he gave a major speech on his global view recently, and was criticized by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who said that Obama should have visited the scene of the problem first, and then proposed policy recommendations.
However, McCain's speech on education policy at the recent NAACP convention was given before he had spent any serious time in the Black community in order to determine what works in educating Black children. Instead, he presented a canned conservative proposal for charter schools and vouchers for

by Corey Pedulla - Independent Yes that is right Barack Obama is in the Middle East. Mind you, this is his first time to Afghanistan and second time to Iraq

When the media start backing away from supporting a candidate or a cause, read this as a sign that media elite understand the public is seeing through the media's ruse of neutrality.
Witness this Web story, which includes a link to video of a live segment on MSNBC. One of the commentators waxes poetic about Sen. Barack Obama's rave visuals on his current trip abroad. (Quite frankly, I thought the video of Obama shooting hoops with the troops made him look less credible, not more.) The other takes a deep breath, steps back, and admits that the Obama campaign has manipulated media coverage during his trip to an extent not witnessed in recent presidential campaigns. And that's saying something.
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By Gloria Borger WASHINGTON (CNN) - It was just back at the end of May when Sen. John McCain started to criticize Sen. Barack Obama for not visiting the Middle East since 2006. At the time, McCain coyly suggested they tour Iraq together.
Sen. John McCain should stress his bipartisan credentials on immigration and other issues, a GOP strategist says.
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With his trip to the Middle East and Europe, Sen. Barack Obama is trying to overcome Americans' preference for John McCain's long foreign affairs experience by showing himself to be a thoughtful student with creative answers to the thorny issues the U.S. faces around the world. It's a strategy that carries with it significant political risks, as he likely will make himself a target for a steady stream of questions and challenges here and abroad.
Mr. Obama has already laid out in some detail his view of America's agenda abroad - making the war on terror in Afghanistan an urgent priority, calling for a cautious exit from Iraq and promising to partner with other nations on