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CBS characterized "attack" as "unusual position" for McCain -- but it's not, even as he has denounced negative campaigning

January 30, 2008 3:19 pm ET

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SUMMARY: Reporting on Republican presidential candidates' final days of campaigning before the Florida primary, Kelly Cobiella of CBS and John Berman of ABC both noted that John McCain criticized Mitt Romney for attacking opponents who "are moving up and succeeding." Neither, however, reported that McCain has been airing attack ads against Romney even while denouncing negative campaigning.

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