Ignoring its own reporting, NY Times made no mention of McCain campaign's waffling on public campaign financing

SUMMARY: A New York Times article reported that Sen. Barack Obama's fundraising success "has also now put him on the spot, tempting him to back away from indications he gave last year that he would agree to accept public financing in the general election if the Republican nominee did the same. The hesitation has given Mr. McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee whose advisers concede he would most likely fall far short of Mr. Obama's fund-raising for the general election, fodder for a series of attacks." However, the article never mentioned the Times' own reporting that the McCain campaign recently waffled on the issue of whether McCain would agree to accept public financing in the general election if his opponent did.

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