NYT finds unlikely support in London

By Libby

The outrage of the day in the wingosphere is over the NYT's refusal to publish an op-ed by McCain. I can't bring myself to link directly to Drudge, the King of Sludge, but you can find the link here, where he posts the proposed op-ed, along with links to the winger reactions. I don't blame the NYT for asking for a rewrite.

The op-ed was lame, a typical old geezer whine by McCain. Shockingly, the Times of London. who normally favor the right wing narrative, agrees.

Well, political pieces by elected officials or candidates can often be very boring - safe, unrevealing and tediously partisan. In general I required such pieces to jump over a pretty high importance barrier before I ran them.

Obama's piece vaulted that hurdle. It outlined his views, pretty much avoided point scoring, and dealt with the issue.

McCain's piece, on the other hand, knocked the hurdle over. It wasn't about Iraq. It was about Obama. If I received it I would have done exactly what the NYT did - send it back and ask them to redraft it so that it was about Iraq and was more, well, interesting.

Doubtless, the wingers will continue to rail about media bias for days over this, but their energy might be better spent in helping their candidate rewrite the witless prose to give it some relevancy to the issue, instead trying to sleaze through a free campaign ad.

For myself, I say good for the NYT for standing their ground. For the first time in ages, I have a glimmer of hope that our media might rediscover that their mission is to inform the public instead of acting as campaign cheerleaders.

Comments

[sfHeath]

Heck, give up on asking McCain to define victory. I'd settle for him defining "enemies". The last paragraph of the submitted op-ed as shown on Drudge reads "But if we don’t win the war, our enemies will. A triumph for the terrorists would be a disaster for us." Is he calling all Iraqis terrorists? It sounds like "enemies" are anyone who doesn't want a military presence in Iraq. Winning = Staying, Staying = Winning, and we have to stay until we win. That's McCain logic for you.

Sorry about the rant. Blood coming down from the boiling point now.

[Libby]

The McGeezer is a one note kind of guy. No logic required. I can't believe the polling is so close when he's such an idiot.

[benalbanach]

Poor John. Does he really want the presidency or is he the only lame duck left with feathers ?
Does anyone share my morbid curiosity about the future of the Neo-Cons ?. Will they wither into retirement safe in the knowledge that they may well have screwed America beyond repair ? Or?